| cytochrome P-450 |
an enzyme that plays an important role in the metabolism of drugs and toxins in the liver. It also plays a role in the synthesis (formation) of steroid hormones in the adrenal cortex.
Ãâó: www.nutrabio.com/Definitions/definitions_c.htm
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| cytochrome |
A type of protein whose function is to carry electrons or protons (hydrogen ions) by virtue of the reversible charging/discharging of an iron atom or iron/sulfur atoms in the center of the protein. Cytrochromes are central molecules of electron transport in the process known as oxidative phosphorylation. The "chrome" means color, and these cytochromes are divided into four groups. (a, b, c, d) according to their ability to absorb or transmit certain colors of light.
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| cytochrome P450 |
a system that metabolizes drugs and other foreign substances in the liver by means of enzymes (eg, CYP3A4) that inhibit or promote metabolic reactions.
Ãâó: www.aegis.com/pubs/beta/1999/be990414.html
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| cytochrome P-450 |
This is a haem-containing protein which takes part in the phase I reactions of xenobiotics during biotransformation processes.
Ãâó: www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall.htm
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| cytochrome |
A type of enzyme.
Ãâó: www.third-plateau.org/faq/dxm_glossary.shtml
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