Sex-related differences in drug-metabolizing enzyme activity of rats in carrageenan-induced inflammation
Ishikawa, M.; Sasaki, K.; Shiba, Y.; Ozaki, M.; Takayanagi, Y.; Sasaki, K.
Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology 69(2): 229-232
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0034-5164 PMID: 2396049 Document Number: 348373
Sex related differences in drugs metabolizing enzymes was studied using Wistar-rats bearing carrageenan-induced edema. One day after treatment with carrageenan, aminopyrine N-demethylase activity was inhibited in males but not in females. Carrageenan treatment did not alter the activity of aniline hydroxylase in either sex of the rats. These data show that there is a sex-related difference in the ability of carrageenan to alter the hepatic drug metabolism, which is substrate specific, in the rat.