Approach to detect substrates suitable to measure the coumarin 7-hydroxylase (Cyp 2a-5)-structure-activity relationships.

M Tegtmeier, W Legrum

Index: Arch. Pharm. (Weinheim) 327 , 299-302, (1994)

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Abstract

Besides coumarin, which up to now has remained the most selective substrate for the coumarin 7-hydroxylase (Coh), 7-ethoxycoumarin, quinoline, 4-methylcoumarin, 7-ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin, 7-ethoxy-4-ethylcoumarin, and psoralen are suitable for this enzyme. The quantification of the suitability of a substrate to selectively measure the coumarin 7-hydroxylase is achieved by a graphic method. Requirements for serving as a substrate of the Coh are bicyclic ring systems with an electron rich moiety.