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. 2020 Mar 28;2020:3457890. doi: 10.1155/2020/3457890

Table 2.

Omeprazole studies published in scientific databases in relation to therapeutic use, mechanisms of action, dose/concentration, and interactions with vitamins.

Parameters Clinical % (n = 80) Nonclinical %
In vitro (n = 46)# In vivo (n = 76)##
Analysis objects
Dose 15.8 13.3
Adverse effects 10.5 9.1 13.3
Drug interactions 26.3 9.1
Mechanisms of pharmacological action 42.1 63.6 53.4
Toxicogenic risks 5.3 18.2 20.0

Therapeutic use
Duodenal ulcer 15.8 26.7
Gastric ulcer 10.5 20
Gastroesophageal pathologies 42.4 9.1 20
Gastric cancer 5.3 13.3
Other pathologies 26.0 90.9 20.0

Mechanism of action
Proton pump inhibition 52.6 27.3 60
Acid and pH control 26.3 27.2 7.4
CYP219 and CP3AY enzyme inhibition 10.5 14.3
Effect of gastric distension 5.3
Apoptosis and protein p53 5.3
Activators of the receptor (AhR) 18.2 18.3
Regulation ATPase in tumor cells 9.1
Inhibition of interleukin- (IL-) 8 9.1
Inhibition of absorption of Na+ 18.2
Not reported

Dose/concentration
10 mg/kg 5.3
20 mg/kg 66.7 6.7
30 mg/kg 8.7 6.7
40 mg/kg 19.3 20.2
20 mM 18.2 6.7
25 mM 18.2 6.7
40 mM/ml 20
100 mM 9.1
1 μM 7.28 1.26
2 μM 7.28 1.26
3 μM 7.28 1.26
4 μM 7.28 1.26
5 μM 7.28 1.26
40 μM 18.1 6.7
100 μm/kg 10.0
200 μm/kg 10.0

Interaction with vitamins
Use of antioxidants 13.3
Without the use of antioxidants 100 100 86.7

#Concentration/ml. ##Dose/kg. CYP219 and CYP3AY (metabolizing enzymes). AhR: aryl hydrocarbon receptor; IL-8: interleukin 8. Chi-square test p < 0.05.