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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Xenobiotica. 2009 Mar;39(3):205–217. doi: 10.1080/00498250802613620

Table 2.

Probe drugs used to characterize the activities of Phase I and Phase II drug-metabolizing enzymes.

CYP1A1/2 CYP1A2 CYP2B6 CYP2C9 CYP2C19 CYP2D6 CYP2D6 CYP3A4 UGT1A4 UGT2B7
Parent drug Caffeine Luciferin-ME S-mephenytoin Diclofenac S-mephenytoin Dextromethorphan Bufuralol Midazolam Lamotrigine Morphine
Concentration (μM) 75 100 60 100 60 80 20 9.2 40 10.5
Metabolites (analyte) Paraxanthine Luciferin S-nirvanol 4-Hydroxy diclofenac 4-Hydroxy mephenytoin Dextrorphan 1-Hydroxy bufuralol 1-Hydroxy midazolam Lamotrigine-N-glucuronide Morphine-6-glucuronide
Internal Standard 7-(β-Hydroxyethyl) theophylline n.a. Phenytoin Indomethacin Phenytoin Levallophan 1-Hydroxy midazolam Prazepam 1-Hydroxy midazolam [2H3]morphine-3-glucuronide
Mobile phase %B (min) 5(0)→95 (5) n.a. 30 (0)→95 (5) 30 (0)→90 (6) 25 (0)→85 (7) 10 (0)→90 (7) 25 (0)→85 (5) 30 (0)→90 (6) 15 (0)→90 (7) 5 (0)→90 (5)
Analyte MRM 181.1/124.1 n.a. 205.1/134.2 311.9/230.1 235.2/150.1 258.4/157.0 278.4/186.3 341.9/324.0 432.2/256.0 462.3/286.3
Internal Standard MRM 225.4/181.2 n.a. 253.2/182.2 357.9/139.1 253.2/182.2 284.3/157.2 341.9/324.0 325.0/271.1 341.9/324.0 465.3/289.3