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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-9
pubmed:abstractText
Arylacetic acid antiinflammatory drugs can be metabolically produced by beta-oxidation of a 6-arylhex-5-enoic acid side chain. Such a mechanism provides for an in vivo sustained release of the active principle indomethacin from 6-[N-(p-chlorobenzoyl)-2-methylindol-3-yl]hex-5-enoic acid (7). Similarly, biphenylacetic acid was produced from both 6-(4'-biphenylyl)hex-5-enoic acid and its lower even homologue, 4-(4'-biphenylyl)but-3-enoic acid. The indole derivative produced sustained analgesia in a yeast-induced hyperalgesia model over a 12-h period. Indomethacin plasma levels of 2 micrograms/mL were observed for up to 24 h. Such levels were less than those achieved for the analogous case in which biphenylacetic acid was produced from biphenylylhex-5-enoic acid, suggesting metabolic discrimination between hex-5-enoic substrates. When indomethacin was dosed in equipotent analgesic levels, the level of circulating drug was considerably higher than that seen for metabolically derived drug. Hence 6-hex-5-enoic acid derivatives of indomethacin are metabolized to indomethacin in vivo to give sustained analgesia at low apparent circulating plasma levels of free drug. The possibility of tissue compartmentalization enhancing biological efficacy is suggested by these observations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2051-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Metabolic synthesis of arylacetic acid antiinflammatory drugs from arylhexenoic acids. 2. Indomethacin.
pubmed:affiliation
Merck Frosst Canada Inc., Pointe Claire-Dorval, Quebec.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article