Document Detail


Chiral aspects of the human metabolism of ethosuximide.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15931663     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ethosuximide is a chiral drug substance primarily indicated for the treatment of absence seizures. This drug is used clinically as the racemate. The human urinary metabolites of ethosuximide (I) have been studied using chiral gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The metabolites identified were the previously reported unchanged ethosuximide (I) enantiomers, all four stereoisomers of 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-2-methylsuccinimide (II), and the four stereoisomers of 2-ethyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylsuccinimide (III). Through chemical derivatization methodology and GC/MS (using electron impact ionization [EI] and chemical ionization [CI] techniques) two enantiomers of a previously unreported metabolite of ethosuximide, 2-ethyl-2-hydroxymethylsuccinimide (VI), have been identified.
Authors:
J S Millership; J Mifsud; D Galea; W C McRoberts; J T G Hamilton
Related Documents :
9120823 - Determination of the unbound concentration of hydrophobic drugs in albumin solutions by...
8205243 - Resolution of the enantiomers of ibuprofen; comparison study of diastereomeric method a...
8603463 - A rapid and simple method for the analysis of 1-hydroxypyrene glucuronide: a potential ...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biopharmaceutics & drug disposition     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0142-2782     ISO Abbreviation:  Biopharm Drug Dispos     Publication Date:  2005 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-08-29     Completed Date:  2005-12-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7911226     Medline TA:  Biopharm Drug Dispos     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  225-32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Affiliation:
Clinical and Practice Research Group, The School of Pharmacy, Medical Biology Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland. j.millership@qub.ac.uk
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anticonvulsants / metabolism*
Ethosuximide / metabolism*
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Humans
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticonvulsants; 77-67-8/Ethosuximide

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Predictors of operative death after oesophagectomy for carcinoma.
Next Document:  Comparison of protein expression in human deltoideus and vastus lateralis muscles using two-dimensio...