Talk:Cytochrome P-450

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 Definition A superfamily of hundreds of closely related hemeproteins found throughout the phylogenetic spectrum, from animals, plants, fungi, to bacteria. [d] [e]
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3-10% of anglos are poor metabolizers of drugs ...

I quote:

3-10% of anglos are poor metabolizers of drugs that use the CYP2D6 isoenzyme.[4] This affects antidepressants.

Should I unlearn English? Seriously, what does "anglo" refer to here? People from British ancestry?

Pierre-Alain Gouanvic 02:20, 16 September 2008 (CDT)