Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Medical Sciences, International Medical University, 126 Jalan 19/155B, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Nat Med, 2014 Apr;68(2):402-6.
PMID: 23881640 DOI: 10.1007/s11418-013-0794-8

Abstract

Eurycomanone, an active constituent isolated from Eurycoma longifolia Jack, was examined for modulatory effects on cytochrome P450 (CYP) isoforms CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C8, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2E1 and CYP3A4 using in vitro assays. The IC50 value was determined to assess the potencies of modulation for each CYP isoform. Our results indicated that eurycomanone did not potently inhibit any of the CYP isoforms investigated, with IC50 values greater than 250 μg/ml. Hence there appears to be little likelihood of drug-herb interaction between eurycomanone or herbal products with high content of this compound and CYP drug substrates via CYP inhibition.

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