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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-7-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
A quantitative study has been made of the metabolism of S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine (CMC) and its sulphoxides in volunteers by HPLC. Precolumn derivatization was applied prior to gradient reversed phase HPLC separation and fluorescence detection. For CMC and its metabolites containing a primary amino group the reagent 9-fluorenylmethylchloroformate was used. The other metabolites of CMC were derivatized at their carboxylic group with 1-pyrenyldiazomethane to give stable fluorescent products. Urine samples were collected for 8 h after oral administration of 1.125 g CMC to 33 healthy volunteers. Elimination of CMC in urine as sulphoxides did not account for more than 1% of the dose in any of the volunteers. Thus, CMC-sulphoxide metabolites are not quantitatively important. Recovery of the original substance in 8-hour urines ranged from 10 to 30% and a further 2 to 20% was recovered as the metabolite thiodiglycolic acid. Oral doses of 0.19, 1.125, and 2.25 g CMC in a second group of 12 healthy volunteers did not reveal dose dependence of the urinary excretion of the sulphoxides or of thiodiglycolic acid. Serum concentration-time-curves of CMC, (S)- and (R)-CMC sulphoxide were measured in a group of 9 healthy volunteers. The CMC sulphoxides in serum reached 1.5% of the parent substance after 4 hours. The ratio of CMC to its sulphoxide metabolites was similar in serum and urine. Pharmacogenetic polymorphism of sulphoxidation was not confirmed by the specific HPLC methods used.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0031-6970
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
40
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
387-92
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Administration, Oral,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Carbocysteine,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2050173-Sulfoxides
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pubmed:year |
1991
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Evaluation of proposed sulphoxidation pathways of carbocysteine in man by HPLC quantification.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Institut für Klinische Pharmakologie, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, FRG.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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