Meloxicam: metabolic profile and biotransformation products in the rat.
Xenobiotica
; 25(11): 1219-36, 1995 Nov.
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1. The metabolic fate of 14C-labelled meloxicam was investigated in the urine and bile of rat following oral and intraduodenal administration. Structural elucidation of metabolites was performed by nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry (electron impact and fast atom bombardment). 2. A mean total of 76.3% 14C-radioactivity was recovered in urine over 96 h, with the remainder in the faeces. The metabolic pattern in the excreta was independent of dose (1 versus 10 mg/kg) and collection period (0-8 versus 24-48 h). In bile one of the main metabolites was absent. 3. Meloxicam underwent extensive metabolism with only small amounts of unchanged drug recovered in the urine (< 0.5%) or bile (4.5%). Principal routes of biotransformation were: oxidation of the 5-methyl group of the N-heteroaryl-carbamoyl side chain to yield the 5'-hydroxymethyl derivative (33% of metabolites in urine, 22% in bile) and the 5'-carboxy derivative (16% in urine, 49% in bile). Oxidative cleavage of the benzothiazine-ring yielded an oxamic acid metabolite in urine (23.5%), which was not present in bile. 4. The introduction of a methyl-group into the N-heteroaryl-carbamoyl side chain increased lipophilicity and facilitated metabolic excretion compared with structurally related compounds.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tiazinas
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Tiazoles
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Antiinflamatorios no Esteroideos
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Animals
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En
Revista:
Xenobiotica
Año:
1995
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Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido