Comparative disposition of sulindac and metabolites in five species

Autor: C.Gordan Van Arman, Daniel E. Duggan, Howard B. Hucker, Kay F. Hooke, R. M. Noll
Rok vydání: 1978
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Zdroj: Biochemical pharmacology. 27(19)
ISSN: 0006-2952
Popis: The disposition of the new anti-inflammatory agent,cis-5-fluoro-2-methyl-1-[ p -(methylenesulfinyl)-benzylidene]-indene-3-acetic acid [sulindac] and its sulfide and sulfone metabolites was studied in five laboratory species. In each, oxidative biotransformation of the parent sulfoxide (sulindac) to sulfone is irreversible, while reduction to sulfide is reversible. The areas under the plasma concentration curves [AUC] of each redox form vary within each species as a function of the form which is administered and, because of differences in the reversible biotransformations and in enterohepatic circulation, vary widely among species for any given redox form administered. Corresponding variations in anti-inflammatory responses, within species, is a monotonic function of the AUC of sulfide, but not of that for sulfoxide or sulfone. A similar correlation is apparent between intestinal toxicity, to the extent that it occurs, and cumulative biliary secretion of the sulfide. Thus, additional evidence is provided for the putative role of the sulfide metabolite as the biologically active form of sulindac.
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