cytochrome

At high levels, alcohol is metabolized through a different pathway, the cytochrome P450 -- in other words, detoxification.

Grapefruit contains compounds that inhibit Cytochrome P450 and this will affect how various drugs will be metabolized.

Preliminary findings suggest that marijuana smoke activates cytochrome P4501A1, the enzyme that converts polycyclic hydrocarbons, such as benz[a]pyrene, into active carcinogens.

Gold bipolar nanoelectrodes functionalized with redox-active cytochrome c and a redox mediator zinc porphyrin are developed as electric-field-stimulating bio-actuators, termed bio-nanoantennae.

Aside from the pineal gland melatonin, melatonin is produced directly in mitochondria by cytochrome c oxidase upon exposure to near infrared.

I'm no expert but my gist is that light interacts with an enzyme in the electron transport chain (cytochrome c oxidase).

The cytochrome in our mitochondria respond to it.

Certain red and infrared wavelengths help cytochrome c oxidase turn serotonin into melatonin, which is a potent antioxidant right where antioxidant activity is most needed (in the mitochondria).

Upon transcranial delivery, NIR light has been shown to significantly increase cytochrome oxidase and superoxide dismutase activities which suggests its role in inducing metabolic and antioxidant beneficial effects.

If someone is given aspirin under those conditions, they may experience a worsening because aspirin provokes the release of cytochrome C from mitochondria, thus inducing apoptosis (cell death).

Patients don't need to understand that ritonavir is a protease inhibitor that was incidentally found to inhibit cytochrome P450-3A4, which subsequently boosts the levels of many other medications.

Using something like cytochrome c reductase to turn hydrocarbons (bio- or geo-) into electricity and then into motion would be a big efficiency improvement over our current heat engines.

Afaik from Nick Lane’s “Oxygen” the Cytochrome Oxidase made from the mitochondrial DNA have to match the Cytochrome C made from nuclear DNA.

Cytochrome c oxidase [0] is "the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport chain".

But hey, they call that a "Cytochrome P-450 defect." All because my body doesn't work the way the pharma companies would like.....

Look up the medical literature for "Cytochrome P-450 defects" for example.