Involvement of microsomal cytochrome P450 and cytosolic thymidine phosphorylase in 5-fluorouracil formation from tegafur in human liver.
Komatsu T, Yamazaki H, Shimada N, Nagayama S, Kawaguchi Y, Nakajima M, Yokoi T.
Komatsu T, et al.
Clin Cancer Res. 2001 Mar;7(3):675-81.
Clin Cancer Res. 2001.
PMID: 11297264
Recently, we have reported that tegafur, an anticancer agent, is biotransformed into active drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) by cytochromes P450 1A2, 2A6, and 2C8 in human liver microsomes (T. Komatsu et al., Drug Metab. Dispos, 28: 1457-1463, 2000). Because the conversio …
Recently, we have reported that tegafur, an anticancer agent, is biotransformed into active drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) by cytochromes P450 1 …