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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 20, 1990 - Issue 7
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Original Article

Flumecinol, a novel inducer of testosterone 16a-hydroxylation in male rats

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Pages 689-697 | Received 10 May 1989, Accepted 12 Mar 1990, Published online: 27 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

1. Flumecinol, a new inducer of the cytochrome P-450 monooxygenases, was studied in rats as a possible effector of liver microsomal testosterone oxidases. The drug enhanced the total content of liver cytochrome P-450 in immature and adult rats.

2. When total testosterone oxidation activity was compared in liver microsomes of treated and untreated rats, no differences in activities were observed in 60-day-old-rats, but a slight decrease was found in 35-day-old treated rats.

3. Several regio- and stereo-specific hydroxylases were modified by flumecinol administration; in 35-day-old rats only 16a-hydroxylation was induced, whereas in 60-day-old rats a slight increase in 2a-hydroxylation was also observed.

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