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Comparative Study
. 1975 Apr;42(4):420-4.
doi: 10.1097/00000542-197504000-00010.

Metabolism in vitro of enflurane, isoflurane, and methoxyflurane

Comparative Study

Metabolism in vitro of enflurane, isoflurane, and methoxyflurane

L R Greenstein et al. Anesthesiology. 1975 Apr.

Abstract

Specific activities of enflurane, isoflurane, and methoxyflurane defluorinases were measured in microsomes prepared from the livers of Fischer 344 rats; the ratio of these activities was 23:3:1. Pretreatment with phenobarbital significantly increased the defluorinase activities of all three agents. Factors that influence anesthetic drug metabolism are discussed; tissue solubility is considered to be the most important.

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