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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 24.
Published in final edited form as: Biopharm Drug Dispos. 2009 Oct;30(7):356–365. doi: 10.1002/bdd.677

Table 1. Kinetic constants obtained from Phase I oxidative and Phase II conjugation reactions, mean ± S.E.

Km (μM) Vmax (nmol of product/min/mg protein)
Phase I oxidative metabolism
RLM * 14.3 ± 1.2 95.7 ± 9.1
RSiM * 28.1 ± 1.6 58.5 ± 2.4
Phase II conjugation
RLM G2 20 ± 1.1 112.2 ± 17.2
G3 8.8 ± 0.8 1736 ± 53.6
RSiM G2 14.6 ± 3.6 229 ± 26.2
G3 25.3 ± 2.4 152 ± 16
*

Rat liver microsomes (RLM); rat small intestinal microsomes (RSiM)

see Figure 1 for the prominent glucuronide peaks G2 and G3.