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Non-correlation between Debrisoquine and Metoprolol Polymorphisms in the Venda

Department of Pharmacology, P.O. Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

J. Moncrieff

Department of Pharmacology, P.O. Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

J. Avenant

Department of Pharmacology, P.O. Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

1 The metabolic 4-hydroxylation of debrisoquine has been studied in a group of 98 black African villagers in Vendaland.

2 The metabolic -hydroxylation of metoprolol has been studied in 94 of the same black African villagers.

3 A 4% prevalence of poor oxidative metabolism of debrisoquine and a 7.4% incidence of poor oxidation of metoprolol were found. The 4% result for debrisoquine differs considerably from the 19% found in San Bushmen, 30% in Hong Kong Chinese, 9% in Britains and 0% in Nigerians and Japanese, whilst the 7.4% result for metoprolol compares with 8.4% in Britains but differs from 0% in Nigerians and 4.1% in San Bushmen.

4 None of the poor oxidative metabolizers of debrisoquine were also poor oxidative metabolizers of metoprolol. This is contrary to results in British and Nigerian subjects where defective oxidation of metoprolol co-segrates with that of debrisoquine.

5 No similarities were found between the Venda metabolic ratio (MR) distributions and either extensive or poor MR distributions in Britains or Nigerians.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 8, No. 5, 365-368 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718900800506


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