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The effect of some glucocorticoids on hepatic microsomal biphenyl and aniline hydroxylations were investigated in rat and hamster. Steroids were either added to the standard incubation mixture or given as a single dose intraperitoneally before preparation of the liver microsomes for enzyme determination. The addition of steroids in vitro enhanced biphenyl-2-hydroxylation activity in hepatic microsomes of rat but not of hamster and the most pronounced effect was obtained with betamethasone. A similar species difference in the effects of betamethasone on this enzyme was also observed after administration of a single dose of the steroid in vivo.
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Tredger, J.M., McPherson, F.J., Chakraborty, J. et al. The effect of some glucocorticoids on hepatic microsomal hydroxylation in the rat and hamster. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 292, 267–270 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00517388
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