Description
Ritonavir is an antiretroviral (HIV) drug which inhibits a particular liver enzyme that normally metabolizes protease inhibitors, cytochrome P450-3A4 (CYP3A4).Application:Ritonavir has been used:as a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor to study its effects on placental endocrine functionas an HIV protease inhibitor to study its effects on reduction of tetrazolium dye in human embryonic kidney cellsas an organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) inhibitor to study its effect on hepatic uptake of bergapten and imperatorin