TABLE 2

Kinetic effects of liquiritigenin on clozapine metabolism in HLMa

VariablesUnitControlLiquiritigenin (0.2 mM)
NorCLZ
Vmaxpmol/min per milligram of protein584.9 ± 49.4481.9 ± 62.8
KmμM43.7 ± 14.357.2 ± 34.7
Cintμl/min per milligram of protein16.0 ± 4.215.2 ± 6.1
CLZ-N-oxide
Vmaxpmol/min per milligram of protein920.7 ± 48.1605.9 ± 14.2*
KmμM46.3 ± 10.718.1 ± 3.7
Cintμl/min per milligram of protein21.5 ± 3.536.7 ± 7.7
  • a Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M. (n = 3) and analyzed using two-sided Student’s t test.

  • * P < 0.05 versus control.