By putting steps 1 and 2 together, you come up with a series of numbers for each sports team. Referring back to our previous example, CYP A, that would mean that you come up with a series of numbers for the NY Yankees (remember A = NY Yankees).
In sports lingo, that means you've come up with a series of uniform numbers for the NY Yankees (we took the liberty of crossing out the "cytochrome" in Table 3). For example, cytochrome 1A2 = #3 of the NY Yankees (who happens to be Babe Ruth).
Table 3. Summing the Numbers for Cytochrome A the NY Yankees
Instead of remembering this isoenzyme...
Remember this...
Yankee Player
1A2
3 (1+2)
George Herman "Babe" Ruth
3A4
7 (3+4)
"The Mick" Charles Mantle
2A6
8 (2+6)
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
While we use Cytochrome P450 (CYP) A as an example, you can try this with any cytochrome family as long as you remember the sports team that it's linked to.
Within these webpages, you'll be introduced to a number of players from those teams, have an opportunity to read about their accomplishments, and ultimately use that information to access and learn medication interactions.
