Cytochrome P450 3A4 and 2D6-Mediated Metabolism of Leisure and Medicinal Teas

• Main Authors: Teresa W Tam (Author), Rui Liu (Author), Ammar Saleem (Author), John Thor Arnason (Author), Anthony Krantis (Author), Brian C Foster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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PURPOSE: Thirty-five commercially available Camellia sinensis (black and green) and herbal leisure teas and an assortment of Traditional Chinese medicinal teas were randomly selected and examined for their potential to inhibit the drug metabolizing enzyme cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). The study was...