KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 195 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient with alcohol-induced liver injury has an impairment of biotransformation of xenobiotics and endogenous toxic compounds. These changes are likely to be caused by hypoactivity of the following chromoprotein:
- A. Cytochrome c1
- B. Cytochrome oxidase
- C. Cytochrome P-450
- D. Cytochrome b
- E. Hemoglobin
Hint
Think of the heme-containing enzyme of the hepatocyte smooth endoplasmic reticulum that carries out phase I (oxidative) detoxification.
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