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acetylator

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acetylator /acet·y·la·tor/ (ah-set´ĭ-la″ter) an organism capable of metabolic acetylation; in humans, acetylator status (fast or slow) is determined by the rate of acetylation of sulfamethazine.
acetylator
an organism capable of metabolic acetylation. Those animals that differ in their inherited ability to metabolize certain drugs, e.g. isoniazid, are termed fast or slow acetylators.


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Acetylator genotype-dependent N-acetylation of arylamines in vivo and in vitro by hepatic and extrahepatic organ cytosols of Syrian hamsters congenic at the polymorphic acetyltransferase locus.
They obtained patient blood samples for acetylator genotyping (NAT-2 genotype) and began to encounter dose-limiting toxicities (primarily hematologic) at 500 mg/m2.
 
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