Genetic Control of Drug Levels in Man: Antipyrine
- 5 July 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 161 (3836), 72-73
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3836.72
Abstract
Antipyrine was administered to identical or monozygotic twins and to fraternal or dizygotic twins. Individuals with identical genotypes (monozygotic twins) exhibited significantly less variability in antipyrine halflife than did genetically different individuals (dizygotic twins). Therefore variations in antipyrine metabolism appear to be determined genetically rather than environmentally. In the 36 twins tested, antipyrine half-lives varied between 5.1 and 16.7 hours. No significant correlation occurred between half-lives for phenylbutazone and antipyrine in the 28 twins who received both drugs.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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