1. The possibility of interaction of isoflavonoids with concomitantly taken drugs to determined isoflavonoids safety was studied. Inhibition of nine forms of cytochrome P450 (CYP3A4, CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2B6, CYP2C8, CYP2C19, CYP2C9, CYP2D6 and CYP2E1) by 12 isoflavonoids (daidzein, genistein, biochanin A, formononetin, glycitein, equol and six glucosides, daidzin, puerarin, genistin, sissotrin, ononin and glycitin) was studied systematically. 2. The most potent inhibitors were genistein and daidzein inhibiting noncompetitively the CYP2C9 with Ki of 35.95 ± 6.96 and 60.56 ± 3.53 μmol/l and CYP3A4 (inhibited by genistein with Ki of 23.25 ± 5.85 μmol/l also by a noncompetitive mechanism). Potent inhibition of CYP3A4 was observed also with biochanin A (Ki of 57.69 ± 2.36 μmol/l) and equol (Ki of 38.47 ± 2.32 μmol/l). 3. Genistein and daidzein inhibit noncompetitively CYP3A4 and CYP2C9. With plasma levels in micromolar range, a clinically important interaction with concomitantly taken drugs does not seem to be probable.

b Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine Faculty of Medicine Palacky University at Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic

c Department of Biochemistry Faculty of Sciences Charles University Prague Czech Republic and

Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine Palacky University at Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic

Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine Palacky University at Olomouc Olomouc Czech Republic

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