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Human skin is capable of metabolising a variety of drugs and other compounds (Pannatier, Jenner, Testa & Etter, 1978) (Table 1). Our interest has been concerned particularly, with aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (EC 1.14.14.2; AHH), and more recently with epoxide hydratase (EC.4.2.1.63; EH) and the hydrolysis of steroid esters.
Drug metabolism by human skin
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Rawlins, M.D., Shuster, S., Chapman, P.H., Shaw, V., O’Neill, V.A. (1980). Drug Metabolism in Skin. In: Turner, P., Padgham, C., Hedges, A. (eds) Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05952-2_46
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