Genetics of Isoniazid Metabolism in Caucasian, Negro, and Japanese Populations

24 July 1964

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 145 (3630) , 391
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.145.3630.391

Abstract

Trimodal frequency distributions for isoniazid inactivation were found in Caucasian and Negro populations. The frequency of "rapid" and "slow" alleles in Caucasian and Negro populations was similar and differed from that of a Japanese population.

Keywords

CAUCASIAN RACE
ISONIAZID
JAPAN
METABOLISM
MONGOLOID RACE
NEGROES

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Genetical and Geographic Studies on Isoniazid Inactivation
Science, 1961
Genetic Control of Isoniazid Metabolism in Man
BMJ, 1960