Cerebral pharmacokinetics of ipsapirone in rats after different routes of administration

Autor: Halina Nocon, Władysława A. Daniel, L Danek, M Melzacka
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology. 42(9)
ISSN: 0022-3573
Popis: Ipsapirone, a putative non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic, was extensively metabolized in rats to 1-(2-pyrimidinyl)piperazine (1-PP) which accumulated in the brain. Neither the route of administration (i.p. or p.o.), nor prolonged administration of ipsapirone or 1-PP affected their accumulation in the rat brain. The cytochrome P450 level and ethylmorphine N-demethylase activity in rat liver microsomes were unchanged by chronic treatment with ipsapirone or 1-PP. The results indicate that 1-PP may contribute to the α2-adrenoceptor antagonism of ipsapirone in rats and that chronic treatment with the drug does not affect its biotransformation to 1-PP.
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