Mice lacking the ability to metabolize fructose don't gain nearly as much weight as normal mice do, researchers report September 10 in Nature Communications.
Washington, February 20 ( ANI ): The ability to metabolize ethanol - the alcohol in beer, wine and spirits - might have originated in the common ancestor of chimpanzees, gorillas and humans roughly 10 million years ago, perhaps when this ancestor became more terrestrial and started eating fruits fermenting on the ground, according to scientists.
Humans metabolize inorganic arsenic by a series of methylation reactions, first into methylarsonic acid (MMA) and then into dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), both of which are excreted in urine.
Obese adolescent boys have a limited capacity to metabolize fat by exercising at the recommended moderate intensity level, and might do better with lower-intensity activity, according to Dr.
Patients who more rapidly metabolize the drug to the acetylated derivative associated with side effects achieved a maximum tolerated dose of 320 mg/m2 weekly, whereas patients who metabolized the drug more slowly achieved a maximum tolerated dose of 400 mg/m2 weekly.
In this regard, we previously reported the influence of certain antibacterial drugs on the metabolic activity of the intestinal bacteria that metabolize glycyrrhizin (He et al.
We do not know if ginseng or ginkgo supplements at recommended doses can alter the effects of specific drugs in a patient, but we have shown that these herbal supplements do not alter how patients metabolize and clear drugs," Reed said.
