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ArticleArchives of toxicology2021

CYP2D6 phenotype explains reported yohimbine concentrations in four severe acute intoxications.

Anna Mueller-Schoell, Robin Michelet, Ferdinand Weinelt, Charlotte Kloft, Gerd Mikus

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Article in Archives of toxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Multifaced Nature of Yohimbine-A Promising Therapeutic Potential or a Risk?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Mueller-SchoellDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstr. 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-1877
Robin MicheletDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstr. 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-607X
Ferdinand WeineltDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstr. 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany.
Charlotte KloftDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstr. 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany.
Gerd MikusDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstr. 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany. gerd.mikus@fu-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-133X
Freie Universität Berlin · DEHeidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The indole alkaloid yohimbine is an alpha-2 receptor antagonist used for its sympathomimetic effects. Several cases of yohimbine intoxication have been reported and the most recent one involved four individuals taking a yohimbine-containing drug powder. All individuals developed severe intoxication symptoms and were admitted to the hospital. Even though all individuals were assumed to have taken the same dose of the drug powder, toxicology analyses revealed yohimbine blood concentrations of 249-5631 ng/mL, amounting to a 22-fold difference. The reason for this high variability remained to be elucidated. We used recently reported knowledge on the metabolism of yohimbine together with state-of-the art nonlinear mixed-effects modelling and simulation and show that a patient's cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) phenotype can explain the large differences observed in the measured concentration after intake of the same yohimbine dose. Our findings can be used both for the identification of safe doses in therapeutic use of yohimbine and for an explanation of individual cases of overdosing.

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Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AntagonistsComputer SimulationCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6HumansModels, BiologicalNonlinear DynamicsPhenotypeYohimbineAdrenergic alpha-2 Receptor AntagonistsCytochrome P-450 CYP2D6YohimbineClearanceCYP2D6Modelling & simulationPharmacokineticsPharmacometricsYohimbine

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PMID34027562
PMCPMC8298364
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