The present work describes development and use of offline and
Web-searchable human and other species metabolism databases. A search of the
databases presented will produce basic information on metabolic reactions or
transporter systems published on specific drug or other chemical, kinetic
values, as well as structure of the metabolites. In addition, searching enables
comparison of the data between different species models. The data cover time the
period until 2008, and the current Web-searchable database [19] is updated quarterly each year and over
the period until October 2017. Users of the databases might find occasional
discrepancies between the data searched, e.g. data on metabolic
activations as presented in Table 6. This
is because the data were collected from different literature sources over the
time of collection. The data searched may find their application in prediction
and interpretation of the metabolism of drugs and other chemicals, drug design,
and development, as well as in clinical and toxicological studies. Application
of data searching to the study of xeno- or endobiotics metabolism is illustrated
by those searched for the properties of the known environmental carcinogens
benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and its metabolites
covering the period until the year 2008. The results of the data analysis show
higher activity of P450 1A1 for metabolic activation of the (−)- isomer,
while P4501B1 exerts higher activity for the (+)- isomer of
trans-7,
8-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene
(trans-B[a]P-7,8-diol). P450 1A2 showed
equally low activity in the metabolic activation of both isomers (Tables 2 and 3). The current Web-searchable metabolism database contains
125,359 entries.