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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: Planta Med. 2013 Aug 22;79(15):1421–1428. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1350699

Table 4.

IC50 values of inhibition of cytochrome P450 enzymes by diosgenin and dioscin. The assay conditions are described in Materials and Methods.

Compound IC50 (μM)
3A4
2D6 2C19 1A2
Diosgenin 17 ± 4 NE NE NE
Dioscin 33 ± 4 NE NE NE
Quinidine* 0.04 ± 0.01
Ketoconazole* 0.05 ± 0.01
Tranylcypromine* 0.9 ± 0.0
Furafylline* 1.12 ± 0.01

Data are expressed as mean ± SD of triplicate samples from one experiment. NE = Not effective up to 50 μg/mL.

*

Positive controls.