To test the hypothesis that halothane hepatitis is caused by a combination of altered drug metabolism and an immunoallergic disposition, the metabolism of antipyrine, metronidazole, sparteine, phenytoin, and racemic R- and S-mephenytoin was investigated in seven subjects with previous halothane
Liver-kidney microsomal-1 autoantibodies characterize a subgroup of autoimmune chronic active hepatitis. The liver antigen of liver-kidney microsomal-1 antibodies has been identified as cytochrome P450 db1, a microsomal enzyme catalyzing the oxidative metabolism of more than 20 drugs, including
Treatment with Cardiostenol (commercial name of a pharmaceutical product containing morphine chloridrate+atropine+sparteine) does not modify the course of hepatitis in mice infected with MHV-3 virus. Similar results were previously obtained by treatment with morphine chloridrate alone.
Five novel quinolizidine-based alkaloids (1-5) were obtained from the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides L. Compounds 1 and 2 are the first examples of sparteine-indolizine and matrine-indolizine alkaloids, respectively, whereas 3 and 4 are epimeric normatrine-julolidine alkaloids with unusual
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