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Molecules
January 2025
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Aiming toward a novel, noninvasive technique, with a real-time potential application in the monitoring of the complexation of steroidal neuromuscular blocker drugs Vecuronium () and Rocuronium () with sugammadex (, medication for the reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced by or in general anesthesia), we developed proof-of-principle methodology based on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). Silver nanoparticles prepared by the reduction of silver ions with hydroxylamine hydrochloride were used as SERS-active substrates, additionally aggregated with calcium nitrate as needed. The and SERS spectra were obtained within the biorelevant 5 × 10-1 × 10 M range, as well as the SERS of , though the latter was observed only in the presence of the aggregating agent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrug Metab Rev
May 2015
School of Pharmacy, Shujitsu University, Okayama , Japan and.
This article reviews in vitro metabolic activities [including Michaelis constants (Km), maximal velocities (Vmax) and Vmax/Km] and drug-steroid interactions [such as induction and cooperativity (activation)] of cytochromes P450 (P450 or CYP) in human tissues, including liver and adrenal gland, for 14 kinds of endogenous steroid compounds, including allopregnanolone, cholesterol, cortisol, cortisone, dehydroepiandrosterone, estradiol, estrone, pregnenolone, progesterone, testosterone and bile acids (cholic acid). First, we considered the drug-metabolizing P450s. 6β-Hydroxylation of many steroids, including cortisol, cortisone, progesterone and testosterone, was catalyzed primarily by CYP3A4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiochem Pharmacol
January 2004
Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland.
The constitutively active receptor (CAR) is a crucial regulator of genes encoding for enzymes active in drug/steroid oxidation, conjugation, and transport. In our attempt to isolate the endogenous inhibitory ligand(s) for the mouse CAR, we found surprisingly that the inhibitory activity was associated with di- and tri-isopropylated phenyl phosphates that were present in livers of untreated mice. Trans-activation experiments in mammalian cells with synthetic compounds verified that mouse CAR was inhibited by various isopropylated phenyl phosphates (40-80%).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this review evidence is provided for the interaction between various drugs and steroid hormones in man and between drugs and progestogens in experimental animals. The mechanism by which these drug interactions occur are of fundamental biochemical and pharmacological interest. The importance of practical clinical considerations of drug-steroid interactions has also been discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Clin Pharmacol Biopharm
July 1975
Exposure of animals to drugs which induce hepatic enzymes results in an acceleration of hydroxylation of endogenous as well as exogenous steroid hormones (Conney, A.H., Pharma.
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