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ReviewJournal of pharmaceutical sciences2011

First-pass metabolism via UDP-glucuronosyltransferase: a barrier to oral bioavailability of phenolics.

Baojian Wu, Kaustubh Kulkarni, Sumit Basu, Shuxing Zhang, Ming Hu

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Review in Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed
29.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 293 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Baojian WuDepartment of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Kaustubh Kulkarni
Sumit Basu
Shuxing Zhang
Ming Hu
University of Houston · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Disposition of Flavonoids via Metabolic InterplayR01GM070737 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI HU, MING · 2006 to 2017
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM070737NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM070737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucuronidation mediated by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases (UGTs) is a significant metabolic pathway that facilitates efficient elimination of numerous endobiotics and xenobiotics, including phenolics. UGT genetic deficiency and polymorphisms or inhibition of glucuronidation by concomitant use of drugs are associated with inherited physiological disorders or drug-induced toxicities. Moreover, extensive glucuronidation can be a barrier to oral bioavailability as the first-pass glucuronidation (or premature clearance by UGTs) of orally administered agents usually results in the poor oral bioavailability and lack of efficacies. This review focused on the first-pass glucuronidation of phenolics including natural polyphenols and pharmaceuticals. The complexity of UGT-mediated metabolism of phenolics is highlighted with species-, gender-, organ- and isoform-dependent specificity, as well as functional compensation between UGT1A and 2B subfamily. In addition, recent advances are discussed with respect to the mechanisms of enzymatic actions, including the important properties such as binding pocket size and phosphorylation requirements.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAnimalsBiological AvailabilityCatalysisGastrointestinal TractGlucuronosyltransferaseHumansLiverPhenolsProtein ConformationGlucuronosyltransferasePhenols

Identifiers

PMID21484808
PMCPMC3409645
OpenAlexW2064931573

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