Sulfadimidine Acetylation in Norwegians

Autor: Harald Olsen, Jørg Mørland
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Acta Medica Scandinavica. 210:119-124
ISSN: 0001-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1981.tb09786.x
Popis: The acetylation of sulfadimidine was studied in 152 healthy volunteers (29 Lapps, 73 Norwegians and 50 South Norwegians) by means of fraction acetylated sulfadimidine and drug half-life. The distribution of rapid acetylators was different among Lapps (72%) and South Norwegians (44%) (p less than 0.01). The North Norwegians resembled the South Norwegians, but some regional approach to the Lappish pattern was found. Great interindividual differences in the half-lives were demonstrated. The mean half-life (+/- S.E.M.) was 384 +/- 17 min in slow acetylators and 148 +/- 8 min in rapid acetylators. Among participants with half-lives of sulfadimidine less than 420 min and intraindividual correlation with fraction acetylated sulfadimidine was found. The distribution of fraction acetylated sulfadimidine was bimodal while the distribution of half-lives was suggested to be trimodal.
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