Mephenytoin and sparteine oxidation: genetic polymorphisms in Denmark.

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Abstract
The oxidation of mephenytoin was polymorphic in 358 healthy Danish volunteers. The ratio between the chromatographic peak areas of (S)- and (R)-mephenytoin (S/R) in 12 h urine was less than or equal to 0.48 in 349 extensive metabolizers (EM) and greater than or equal to 1 in 9 (2.5%) poor metabolizers (PM). Concomitant intake of mephenytoin and sparteine and subsequent assay by gas chromatography had no influence on the test results (mephenytoin S/R ratio or sparteine metabolic ratio). Among ten parents and seven siblings to six unrelated PM of mephenytoin only one (1/17 = 5.9%) was a PM. The pedigrees were compatible with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance.