title: Effect of flumecinol (Zixoryn) on the cytochrome P450 and cytochrome P448 dependent hepatic microsomal monooxygenase activities in male rats.
abstract: The effect of three-day oral administration of 50 mg/kg bw. and 100 mg/kg bw. flumecinol (Zixoryn, Gedeon Richter Chemical Works Ltd., Budapest, Hungary) and intraperitoneal administration of 50 mg/kg bw. phenobarbital as well as the single intraperitoneal administration of 20 mg/kg bw. 3-methylcholanthrene on various cytochrome P450 and P448 dependent hepatic microsomal enzyme activities was studied in male albino Wistar rats. 50 mg/kg bw. flumecinol had no significant effect. 100 mg/kg bw. flumecinol had an inducing effect comparable to the one of phenobarbital. The activity of the cytochrome P448 dependent 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase was enhanced by all three substances, but flumecinol's effect was by far behind that of 3-methylcholanthrene, so the carcinogenic promoter effect of flumecinol can be questioned.
authors.affiliation: Apáthy István Childrens Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renczes
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D010090:Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating / Q000378:metabolism; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D001559:Benzhydryl Compounds; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C026048:4-nitroanisole O-demethylase; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D010090:Oxidoreductases, O-Demethylating; D010105:Oxygenases; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1; C027270:cytochrome P448-dependent mono-oxygenase; C016914:flumecinol; D010634:Phenobarbital