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. 2015 Dec 4;5:17671. doi: 10.1038/srep17671

Table 2. Metabolic activities of the individual CYP enzymes in human livers (n = 78).

  Probe drug (Metabolite)   VM (pmol/min/mg protein) VL (nmol/min/g liver)
CYP1A2 phenacetin (paracetamol) Median 677.94 22.12
Range 97.37–2368.14 3.16–119.91
95% PI 169.20–1344.69 4.77–71.38
CYP2A6 coumarin (7-OH-coumarin) Median 267.92 8.19
Range 7.20–788.56 0.22–47.08
95% PI 12.19–689.73 0.35–42.83
CYP2B6 bupropion (4-OH-bupropion). Median 46.67 1.68
Range 11.75–290.89 0.28–17.63
95% PI 12.16–151.14 0.31–11.31
CYP2C8 paclitaxel (6-OH- Paclitaxel) Median 31.50 0.96
Range 2.74–87.23 0.12–7.71
95% PI 4.34–74.27 0.17–4.81
CYP2C9 tolbutamide.(4-OH-tolbutamide) Median 222.70 7.29
Range 70.00–461.07 1.51–37.61
95% PI 76.17–391.49 1.96–34.92
CYP2C19 omeprazole (4-OH-omeprazole) Median 97.62 3.64
Range 1.40–325.03 0.14–19.58
95% PI 9.98–274.83 0.51–17.62
CYP2D6 dextromethorphan (3-methoxymorphinan) Median 68.16 2.11
Range 4.93–222.34 0.19–14.49
95% PI 9.06–190.03 0.30–14.15
CYP2E1 chlorzoxazone (6-OH-chlorzoxazone) Median 486.92 16.03
Range 140.81–1604.44 3.28–74.52
95% PI 198.24–1061.97 4.60–69.28
CYP3A4/5 midazolam (1-OH-midazolam) Median 836.56 29.05
Range 57.24–4144.93 2.93–251.26
95% PI 178.15–2967.83 3.55–217.79

VM: metabolic rate of the individual CYP enzyme based on per mg microsomal protein; VL: metabolic rate of the individual CYP enzyme based on per gram liver tissue; PI: percentile interval.