How grapefruit juice potentiates drug bioavailability.
Grapefruit juice enhances the effect of some commonly used medications by increasing their bioavailability via the selective down-regulation of a specific subfamily of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system in the small intestine.
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Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30904-4333, USA.
D019540:Area Under Curve; D001628:Beverages; D001682:Biological Availability; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D002957:Citrus; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004357:Drug Synergism; D015736:Felodipine / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015736:Felodipine