The 1996 Bernard B. Brodie lecture: A journey in cytochrome P450 and drug metabolism research.

I am very honored at being chosen as the recipient of the 1996 Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and to join the ranks of the previous recipients of the award (Gillette, 1979; Coon, 1981; Jerina, 1983; Mannering, 1986; Nebert, 1986; Levin, 1990; Zeigler, 1991; Guengerich, 1993; Ortiz de Montellano, 1995). I wish to thank the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Dow Elanco for their recognition of the research done in my laboratory. I am also very grateful to my colleagues and collaborators for their participation and contributions to the research conducted in my laboratory. It has been a privilege to work with so many dedicated and talented scientists over the years in exploring the scientific new frontiers and meeting the many challenges we faced. I would particularly like to express my sincere gratitude to my mentors, Professor Minor J. Coon at the University of Michigan and Professor Allan Conney at Rutgers University, for the opportunity to work on some very fascinating and challenging research projects and for setting high scientific and moral standards to follow. Both Jud and Allan made monumental contributions to our field; they are my role models.