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Article: Drug-Herb Interaction: Effect of St John's Wort on Bioavailability and Metabolism of Procainamide in Mice
- Article from:
- Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright College of American Pathologists Jul 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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* Context.-St John's wort induces the activity of the cytochrome P450 enzyme system causing treatment failure because of increased metabolism of many drugs. Procainamide is metabolized by a different pathway to N-acetyl procainamide.
Objective.-To study St John's wort-procainamide interaction using a mouse (Swiss Webster) model.
Design.-One group of mice (group A, 4 mice in each group) was fed St John's wort each day for 2 weeks (last dose 1 day before administration of procainamide); another group (group B) received the same dose of St John's wort for 1 week. The third group (group C) received only a single dose 1 hour before administration of procainamide, and the control group (group D) ...