Abstract The oxidative metabolism of dihydrocodeine to nordihydrocodeine and dihydromorphine was studied in liver microsomes of female Dark-Agouti (cytochrome P450 2D1 (CYP2D1) deficient) and Sprague-Dawley rats. Evaluation of microsomal metabolism in these two rat strains is a useful in-vitro model to test possible substrates of polymorphic human cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6).
