title: Liver size and indices of drug metabolism in epileptics.
abstract: 1 The relationship between liver size and in vivo (antipyrine kinetics) and in vitro (cytochrome P-450) drug metabolism was investigated in twenty-one epileptics on long-term anticonvulsant therapy and in controls. 2 The epileptics exhibited significant enlargement of the liver and enhancement of drug metabolism compared to the controls. 3 Liver size correlated to antipyrine kinetics only in controls. Concentration of cytochrome P-450 in liver biopsy specimens correlated with liver size neither in controls nor in epileptics. 4 The total hepatic cytochrome P-450, estimated on the basis of liver weight and cytochrome P-450 concentration of biopsy samples, correlated linearly with antipyrine kinetics, except in patients with the most severely disturbed liver architecture. 5 Measurement of liver size is essential when comparing in vivo and in vitro drug metabolism, but the changes in liver histology are also of great importance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000983:Antipyrine / Q000378:metabolism; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D000983:Antipyrine