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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Future Oncol. 2010 Apr;6(4):563–585. doi: 10.2217/fon.10.17

Table 1. List of anticancer drugs metabolized by glucuronidation.

Drug Class UGT enzyme Ref.
ABT-751 Antimitotic agent UGT1A1, UGT1A4, UGT1A8 (major) and UGT2B7 [187] [187-189]
Anastrozole Aromatase inhibitor UGT1A4 [190] [190,191]
Dasatinib Tyrosine kinase inhibitor Unknown [192]
Desmethyl arzoxifene and
4′F-desmethyl arzoxifene
Benzothiophene selective
estrogen receptor
modulators
Unknown [193]
5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-
acetic acid
Vascular-disrupting agent UGT1A9 and UGT2B7 (major) [194] [194-197]
Doxorubicin Anthracycline Unknown [198]
Epirubicin Anthracycline UGT2B7 [148] [146-149,199-204]
Erlotinib Tyrosine kinase inhibitor Unknown [205]
Etoposide Topoisomerase II inhibitor UGT1A1 [206,207] [206,207]
Flavopiridol Cyclin-dependent
kinase inhibitor
UGT1A1, UGT1A4, UGT1A9 (major) and
UGT1A10 [170,171]
[75,167,170,171]
Flutamide Nonsteroidal
anti-androgen drug
UGT1A1 and UGT1A6 (major) [208] [208]
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3,5-
dinitrobenzamide 2-mustard
prodrugs: SN 27858 (PR-140A),
SN 29546, SN 27686 and
SN 29893
Dinitrobenzamide mustards Unknown [209]
Indisulam Multitargeted
cell-cycle inhibitor
Unknown [210,211]
Lasofoxifene Selective estrogen
receptor modulator
UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A6, UGT1A8, UGT1A9 and UGT1A10 [212] [212]
2-methoxyestradiol Angiogenesis inhibitor Unknown [213]
NU/ICRF 505 Topoisomerase I inhibitor UGT1A1, UGT1A8, UGT1A9 (main enzyme for tyrosine
glucuronide formation), UGT1A10 and UGT2B7 (main
enzyme for O-glucuronide formation) [214,215]
[214-216]
Raloxifene Selective estrogen
receptor modulator
UGT1A1 (main enzyme for 6-glucuronide formation),
UGT1A3, UGT1A8, UGT1A9 (major enzyme for
4′-glucuronide formation), UGT1A10 and
UGT2B7 [136-138]
[134,
136-139,
217,218]
SN-38 (active metabolite
of irinotecan)
Topoisomerase I inhibitor UGT1A1 (major), UGT1A3, UGT1A6, UGT1A7 and
UGT1A9 [16-22,215]
[16-22,215]
Sorafenib Tyrosine protein
kinase inhibitor
UGT1A9 [304] [304]
Tamoxifen Anti-estrogen UGT1A4 for N-glucuronidation of tamoxifen and
4-hydroxytamoxifen [112,114,115,119]; UGT1A1, UGT1A8
UGT1A9, UGT1A10, UGT2B7, UGT2B15 for
O-glucuronidation of 4-hydroxytamoxifen and
endoxifen [113,115,116]
[110-117,119,120]
TAS-103 Topoisomerase I
and II inhibitor
UGT1A1 [174] [174,175,219]
Tipifarnib Farnesyltransferase inhibitor Unknown [220,221]
Topotecan Topoisomerase I inhibitor Unknown [222]
Vorinostat Histone deacetylase inhibitor UGT1A1, UGT1A3, UGT1A7, UGT1A8, UGT1A9,
UGT1A10, UGT2B7 and UGT2B17 (major) [164,165]
[164,165]

UGT: Uridine 5′-diphosphoglucuronosyltransferase.