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Estimation of flavin-containing monooxygenase activity in intact hepatocyte monolayers of rat, hamster, rabbit, dog and human by using N-oxidation of benzydamine.

The flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO)-dependent N-oxidation of benzydamine has been assessed as a method for monitoring the activity of FMOs in monolayer cultures of hepatocytes from rat, dog, rabbit, hamster and human. The advantage of this substrate is that benzydamine N-oxide formation can be measured directly in extracts of cellular incubations without an intensive work-up procedure. Benzydamine and its N-oxide are readily separated by HPLC with fluorometric detection. This assay proved sensitive enough to monitor FMOs activity in intact monolayer of cultured hepatocytes. The formation of benzydamine N-oxide was inhibited when hepatocytes were coincubated with methimazole (another FMO substrate) in a dose-dependent manner, whereas N-octylamine (an inhibitor of cytochrome P450) had no inhibitory effect. In contrast to cytochrome P450, FMO activity assessed by benzydamine N-oxidation was relatively stable for all species studied during 72-h cultures.[1]

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  1. Estimation of flavin-containing monooxygenase activity in intact hepatocyte monolayers of rat, hamster, rabbit, dog and human by using N-oxidation of benzydamine. Ubeaud, G., Schiller, C.D., Hurbin, F., Jaeck, D., Coassolo, P. European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences. (1999) [Pubmed]
 
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