Dicoumarol inhibits rat NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase in vitro and induces its expression in vivo.
OBJECTIVES: Dicoumarol is known to act as an inhibitor of
NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1). This cytosolic reductase significantly contributes to the genotoxicity of the nephrotoxic and carcinogenic alkaloid aristolochic acid I (AAI). Aristolochic acid causes aristolochic acid nephropathy (AA.....
