Microbial models of mammalian metabolism: biotransformations of phenacetin and itsO-alkyl homologues withCunninghamellaspecies

Autor: C. S G Reddy, Daniel Acosta, Patrick J. Davis
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Xenobiotica. 20:1281-1297
ISSN: 1366-5928
0049-8254
DOI: 10.3109/00498259009046627
Popis: 1. The analgesic compound phenacetin and its O-alkyl homologues were metabolized by Cunninghamella elegans to yield the O-dealkylation product paracetamol (acetaminophen), and metabolites resulting from omega-1 hydroxylation and further oxidations. 2. Structural identification was based upon physical, spectral and chromatographic comparisons of isolated metabolites with synthetic standards generated by alkylation of paracetamol with the appropriate alkyl halide, epoxide, or alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone. 3. The rank order of O-dealkylation within the homologous series based upon either substrate disappearance or phenol formation was found to be ethyl greater than isopropyl greater than n-propyl greater than n-butyl greater than methyl.
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