The mammalian metabolism of R-(-)-m-synephrine.
The metabolism of R-(-)-m-synephrine (administered orally and by inhalation in man and intraperitoneally in rats) was studied quantitatively by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring (g.c.-m.s.-s.i.m.) method using deuterated internal standards. When m-synephrine hydrochloride was administered orally to humans in normal dosage regimens four main metabolites were excreted in urine: (i) unconjugated m-hydroxymandelic acid (MHMA, 30%), (ii) m-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) sulphate (6%), (iii) m-synephrine sulphate (47%) and (iv) m-synephrine glucuronide (12%). The comparable figures after inhalation of the drug were 24, 6, 56 and 5%. Intraperitoneal injection of m-synephrine into rats gave: unconjugated MHMA (5%), MHPG sulphate (35%), unconjugated m-synephrine (7%) and conjugates of m-synephrine (9%:4% as the glucuronide and 5% as the sulphate).[1]References
- The mammalian metabolism of R-(-)-m-synephrine. Ibrahim, K.E., Midgley, J.M., Crowley, J.R., Williams, C.M. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. (1983) [Pubmed]
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