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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
The anti-inflammatory glucocorticosteroid beclomethasone dipropionate was found previously to degrade in human plasma at 37 degrees C to yield beclomethasone 17-monopropionate, beclomethasone 21-monopropionate, and beclomethasone together with three unknown species, D-1, D-2, and D-3. In this paper, we report the isolation of D-2 and D-3 by preparative HPLC and the elucidation of their structures. Both products D-2 and D-3 exhibited UV bathochromic shifts relative to beclomethasone dipropionate of 9 nm. From the mass spectrometry and 1H-NMR data, it is concluded that D-2 and D-3 are formed from beclomethasone and beclomethasone 21-monopropionate, respectively, with the loss of hydrogen chloride and the formation of a 9,11-epoxide. Data for 1H-NMR methyl chemical shifts are used to show that the epoxide has the mechanistically more plausible 9beta,11beta configuration. Thus, D-2 is 9beta, 11beta-epoxy-16beta-methyl-1,4-pregnadiene-17alpha,21- diol-3, 20-dione, and D-3 is its corresponding 21-propanoate. The various enzyme-catalyzed and nonenzyme-catalyzed reactions involved in the degradation of beclomethasone dipropionate in human plasma are discussed. A degradation scheme is proposed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0090-9556
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
132-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Degradation products of beclomethasone dipropionate in human plasma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article