cytochrome
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Statins are denatured in the liver by a system called the cytochrome P450 system.
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- noun Any of a class of iron-containing proteins important in cell respiration as catalysts of oxidation-reduction reactions.
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Statins are denatured in the liver by a system called the cytochrome P450 system.
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But while it is traversing the channel and before it is bound to the cytochrome, the heme is exposed to a hostile, oxidizing environment.
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If you've had a trileptal and bipolar with tegretol, annoy outright the cytochrome is teen of it.
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- New Latin cytochroma, < Greek
κύτος , a hollow (a cell), +χρῶμα , color.
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/ (sīˈtə-krōmˌ)/
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