[[Image:Drug metabolism1.jpg|right|370 px|Drug metabolism]]
==Introduction==
[[Image:Drug metabolism1.jpg|right|250 px|Drug metabolism]]
Drug metabolism is a detoxification function the human body possesses to defend itself from environment hostility.
Ideally, a drug should reach the site of action intact, cure the disease, and leave the body after it completes its mission.
'''Models/Species:'''Male CD1 mouse, male Sprague-Dawley rat, male beagle dog, male cynomolgus monkey and mixed gender human liver microsomes.
===Test Results===
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#9BBB59" colspan = "6"|'''A)Intrinsic clearance CLi, mL/min/g liver'''
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Mouse'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Rat'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Dog'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Monkey'''
|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Human'''
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Microsomes'''
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|align = "center"|<nowiki><</nowiki>0.5
|align = "center"|<nowiki><</nowiki>0.5
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#4F81BD"|'''Hepatocytes'''
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|align = "center"|3.7
|align = "center"|1.7
|align = "center"|<nowiki><</nowiki>0.5
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|align = "center" bgcolor = "#9BBB59" colspan = "6"|'''B)CYP450 Inhibition IC50 µM'''
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|align = "center"|3A4
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|align = "center"|2D6
|align = "center"|2C9
|align = "center"|2C19
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|align = "center"|3.0 ± 1.8
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