-
fatty acids to
replace glucose in
tissues such as the
brain that
cannot metabolize fatty acids. In
other organisms such as
plants and bacteria, this metabolic...
-
processes are
often facilitated by
enzymes such as drug
transporters or drug
metabolizing enzymes (discussed in-depth below).
Variation in DNA loci responsible...
- dealkylation. CYP2D6 also
activates some prodrugs. This
enzyme also
metabolizes several endogenous substances, such as N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, hydroxytryptamines...
-
Steroidogenic enzymes are
enzymes that are
involved in
steroidogenesis and
steroid biosynthesis. They are
responsible for the
biosynthesis of the steroid...
- The A****er system,
named after Wilbur Olin A****er, or
derivatives of this
system are used for the
calculation of the
available energy of foods. The system...
-
pharmacologically inactive medication or
compound that,
after intake, is
metabolized (i.e.,
converted within the body) into a
pharmacologically active drug...
-
flanked by
direct repeats in the 3'
untranslated region. CYP1A2 also
metabolizes polyunsaturated fatty acids into
signaling molecules that have physiological...
- also
recycles iron. As a part of the
mononuclear phagocyte system, it
metabolizes hemoglobin removed from
senescent red
blood cells. The
globin portion...
-
which preferentially metabolizes arachidonic acid to 12-HpETE but also to
substantial amounts of 15-HpETE, in that
metabolizes arachidonic acid almost...
- antipsychotic,
behaves as an
atypical antipsychotic.
Loxapine may be
metabolized by N-demethylation to amoxapine, a
tricyclic antidepressant. The US Food...
