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. 2010 Sep 20;2(9):2289–2332. doi: 10.3390/toxins2092289

Table 2.

Food drug interactions (used with permission from Kotsonis and Burdock [15]).

Enzyme or Transporter Food Drug
CYP1A2 Caffeine, theophylline, grapefruit juice (naringen and furanocourmarins bergmottin and dihydroxybergamotin), grape juice, cruciferous vegetables, apiaceous vegetables, cooked meat Clozapine, fluvoxamine, imipramine
CYP2E1 Watercress and possibly other isothiocyanate-containing cruciferous vegetables; polyunsaturated fatty acids (corn oil, menhaden oil) Ethanol, halothane, enflurane
CYP3A4 Grapefruit, orange juice, red wine, possibly other polyphenol-containing substances, St. Johns wort, garlic Ketoconazole, cyclosporine, erythromycin, protease inhibitors, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
UGT and GST Brussels sprouts, cabbage, watercress, broccoli Acetaminophen, oxazepam, morphine, ibuprofen
P-glycopeptide and OATP Vegetables, fruit juice, St. Johns wort Digoxin, cyclosporine, parvastatin

UGT: uridine diphosphae glycuronosyltransferases; GST: glutathione-S-transferases; OATP: organic anion transporting polypeptides.