Pregnancy and use of oral contraceptives reduces the biotransformation of proguanil to cycloguanil.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of late pregnancy and also oestrogen supplementation on the CYP2C19-mediated biotransformation of proguanil (PG) to its active antifol triazine metabolite cycloguanil (CG). METHODS: Case control study conducted on the NW border of Thailand; a single dose of PG (4...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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