The sex-specific sulfation of the major metabolite of the novel fungicide cyprodinil in the rat

Autor: Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Kriemler, Peter Thanei, Wolfgang Mücke, Tammo Winkler
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Pesticide Science. 55:594-596
ISSN: 0031-613X
Popis: The metabolism of cyprodinil, a novel broad-spectrum fungicide, was investigated in rats. After single oral administration of 0.5 or 100 mg kg -1 body weight, [phenyl-U- 14 C]cyprodinil was rapidly eliminated, principally in the urine. The metabolite pattern in urine exhibited a significant sex-related difference with respect to the major metabolite. Males and females both produced a dihydroxy metabolite, N-4-(hydroxyphenyl)-4-cyclopropyl-5-hydroxy-6-methylpyrimidin-2-ylamine. Female rats conjugated this metabolite with sulfate exclusively at the 5-hydroxypyrimidinyl moiety, while males formed equal amounts of the monosulfate and a disulfate conjugate. The sex dimorphism in the conjugation reaction indicates the involvement of a sex-specific sulfotransferase that catalyzed the transfer of the second sulfate group.
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