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. 1973 Nov;135(3):555-7.
doi: 10.1042/bj1350555.

The effects of chronic phenobarbitone administration and subsequent withdrawal on the activity of rat liver tryptohan pyrrolase and their resemblance to those of ethanol

A A Badawy, M Evans

The effects of chronic phenobarbitone administration and subsequent withdrawal on the activity of rat liver tryptohan pyrrolase and their resemblance to those of ethanol

A A Badawy et al. Biochem J. 1973 Nov.

Abstract

Chronic phenobarbitone administration inhibits the apo-(tryptophan pyrrolase) activity in homogenates of rat liver and subsequent withdrawal enhances the enzyme activity by 2.5-fold. Similar effects have been previously produced by chronic ethanol administration and withdrawal, but, whereas NADH may cause the ethanol inhibition, that by phenobarbitone may be mediated by NADPH.

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