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Identification of Catalposide Metabolites in Human Liver and Intestinal Preparations and Characterization of the Relevant Sulfotransferase, UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, and Carboxylesterase Enzymes [PDF]
Pharmaceutics, 2019 Catalposide, an active component of Veronica species such as Catalpa ovata and Pseudolysimachion lingifolium, exhibits anti-inflammatory, antinociceptic, anti-oxidant, hepatoprotective, and cytostatic activities.
Deok-Kyu Hwang +8 more
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Human UDP-Glucuronosyltransferase 2B4 and 2B7 Are Responsible for Naftopidil Glucuronidation in Vitro [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2018 Naftopidil (NAF) is widely used for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and prevention of prostate cancer in elderly men. These patients receive a combination of drugs, which involves high risk for drug–drug interaction.
Xia-Wen Liu +9 more
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Genetic and structural validation of Aspergillus fumigatus UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase as a potential antifungal target [PDF]
, 2013 The sugar nucleotide UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is an essential metabolite in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In fungi, it is the precursor for the synthesis of chitin, an essential component of the fungal cell wall.
Hurtado-Guerrero, Ramon +12 more
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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenetics of Dabigatran
Рациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2021 Dabigatran etexilate is a prodrug of dabigatran, a oral direct inhibitor of thrombin. Pharmacokinetics of dabigatran etexilate doesn’t have the disadvantages of vitamin K antagonists.
A. V. Savinova +4 more
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) could transform various exogenous and endogenous compounds, which help detoxification of pesticides in insects. To investigate the role of UGTs in the detoxification metabolism of insecticides in Chironomus kiiensis ...
Chengcheng Fan +4 more
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Journal of Lipid Research, 1988 Microsomal preparations from livers of Sprague-Dawley rats catalyze the glucuronidation of 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-H (3 alpha, 5 beta) short-chain bile acids (C20-C23), predominantly at the hydroxyl group, while the glucuronidation of 3 beta, 5 beta short-
A Radominska +4 more
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Antioxidants, 2021 2,3-Dehydrosilybin A and 2,3-dehydrosilybin B are a pair of enantiomers formed by the oxidation of the natural flavonolignans silybin A and silybin B, respectively.
Jiří Vrba +5 more
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Genome-wide analysis of the UDP-glucose dehydrogenase gene family in Arabidopsis, a key enzyme for matrix polysaccharides in cell walls [PDF]
, 2007 Arabidopsis cell walls contain large amounts of pectins and hemicelluloses, which are predominantly synthesized via the common precursor UDP-glucuronic acid.
Tenhaken, Raimund, Klinghammer, Michaela
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Effects of dietary components on testosterone metabolism via UDP‐glucuronosyltransferase (UGT)
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2013 The potential interference in testosterone metabolism through ingested substances has ramifications for: i) a range of pathologies such as prostate cancer, ii) medication contra-indications, iii) disruption to the endocrine system, and iv) potential ...
Carl eJenkinson +2 more
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Microbial Cell Factories, 2019 Background Enzymatic glycan synthesis has leapt forward in recent years and a number of glucuronosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) have been identified and prepared, which provides a guide to an efficient approach to prepare glycans containing glucuronic acid
Dan-Hua Meng +8 more
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