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Conney AH, Pantuck EJ, Hsiao KC, et al. Regulation of drug metabolism in man by environmental chemicals and diet. Fed Proc. 1977;36(5):1647-52
Conney, A. H., Pantuck, E. J., Hsiao, K. C., Kuntzman, R., Alvares, A. P., & Kappas, A. (1977). Regulation of drug metabolism in man by environmental chemicals and diet. Federation proceedings, 36(5), 1647-52.
Conney, A H, et al. "Regulation of drug metabolism in man by environmental chemicals and diet." Federation proceedings vol. 36,5 (1977): 1647-52.
Conney AH, Pantuck EJ, Hsiao KC, Kuntzman R, Alvares AP, Kappas A. Regulation of drug metabolism in man by environmental chemicals and diet. Fed Proc. 1977 Apr;36(5):1647-52. PMID: 844609.
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Fed Proc. 1977 Apr;36(5):1647-52.

Regulation of drug metabolism in man by environmental chemicals and diet.

Federation proceedings

A H Conney, E J Pantuck, K C Hsiao, R Kuntzman, A P Alvares, A Kappas

PMID: 844609

Abstract

Studies in animals have shown that many environmental pollutants induce the synthesis or inhibit the activity of microsomal mixed-function oxygenases that metabolize drugs, carcinogens and normal body constituents such as steroid hormones. These effects on microsomal enzyme activity alter the duration and intensity of action of foreign and endogenous chemicals in animals, and such effects on metabolism may influence the carcinogenicity of some pollutants in man. Studies on the effects of environmental chemicals on drug metabolism in man are sparse. Exposure of humans to DDT or lindane in a pesticide factory results in an enhanced rate of metabolism of antipyrine and phenylbutazone and an increased urinary excretion of 6-beta-hydroxycortisol. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons present in cigarette smoke, in charcoal-broiled meats, and in polluted city air are potent inducers of drug-metabolizing enzymes in animals. In humans, cigarette smoking stimulates the activity of placental enzymes that metabolize several drugs and carcinogens. In addition, cigarette smokers metabolize phenacetin, theophylline, and other drugs more rapidly in vivo than nonsmokers. Dietary factors are important in the regulation of drug metabolism in animals and man. Feeding rats brussels sprouts or cabbage stimulates the intestinal and hepatic metabolism of drugs in animals. This effect is caused, at least in part, by certain indoles normally present in these vegetables. The feeding of a charcoal-broiled beef diet to rats stimulates the metabolism of phenacetin in vitro, and a similar diet stimulates the in vivo metabolism of phenacetin in man. It is likely that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are the major inducers in charcoal-broiled beef.

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