TABLE 2

P450 amount in the main intestinal section of female rat

Results from three females rats in each case are expressed as means ± S.D. The percentage shown in parentheses refers to the relative contribution of the given P450 to the sum of P450 amount in the respective segment.




Duodenum

Upper Jejunum

Middle Jejunum

Lower Jejunum

Ileum

Colon
fmol/mg protein
CYP2B1 107 ± 62 (30) 645 ± 252 (67) 333 ± 80 (59) 98 ± 75 (31)
CYP3A 176 ± 56 (49) 243 ± 44 (25) 187 ± 39 (33) 160 ± 23 (51)
CYP2D1 70 ± 25 (20) 71 ± 17 (8) 43 ± 5 (8) 55 ± 29 (17) 44 ± 9 (85) 58 ± 6 (91)
CYP2C6 3 ± 1 (1) 3 ± 1 (<1) 3 ± 1 (1) 4 ± 2 (1) 8 ± 5 (15) 6 ± 5 (9)
Sum of P450s
356 ± 144
962 ± 314
566 ± 125
317 ± 129
52 ± 14
64 ± 11