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In vivo and in vitro metabolism of 4-benzo(b)thienyl-N-methylcarbamate and 4-hydroxy benzothiophene by the white rat

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Title In vivo and in vitro metabolism of 4-benzo(b)thienyl-N-methylcarbamate and 4-hydroxy benzothiophene by the white rat
Names Miaullis, John Bartley (creator)
Terriere, Leon C. (advisor)
Date Issued 1968-03-27 (iso8601)
Note Graduation date: 1968
Abstract In vitro studies of Mobam (4-benzo(b)thienyl N-methylcarbamate)
metabolism have demonstrated that at least three ether soluble
metabolites are formed in a microsomal system fortified with reduced
triphosphopyridine nucleotide (NADPH). One of the metabolites was
identical to 4HBT (4-hydroxy benzothiophene), the phenol of Mobam.
The other two metabolites did not possess the carbonyl carbon of
Mobam and therefore involved hydrolysis of the ester linkage.
Water soluble metabolites of Mobam and 4HBT were produced by
NADPH-dependent microsomal reactions. One of the metabolites
contained the carbonyl carbon of Mobam but not the ring moiety.
The added cofactors UDPGA (uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid) and
ATP/SO₄[subscript =]/Mg⁺⁺ resulted in the formation of specific metabolites of
the ring moiety. One of these products is tentatively identified as
the glucuronide of 4HBT. No reaction between the carbamic acid
portion of the carbamate and UDPGA was observed. In vivo metabolism of Mobam or 4HBT led to the rapid excretion
or expiration of the metabolic products. Approximately 80% of the
ring moiety and more than 40% of the carbonyl carbon were excreted
in the urine within 72 hours after treatment of the rat. An
additional one-fourth of the carbonyl carbon was expired as carbon
dioxide indicating hydrolysis of the ester linkage and splitting of
the C-N bond of the carbamic acid.
Besides expired carbon dioxide, four other in vivo metabolites
were characterized by their paper chromatographic Rf values. One
of these metabolites arose from the carbamic acid moiety and the
other three contained the ring structure but not the carbonyl carbon.
One of the ring metabolites is tentatively identified as the
glucuronide of 4HBT and another may be the sulfate conjugate of
4HBT. Each of the major metabolites of Mobam was also excreted by
rats treated with 4HBT, demonstrating the close relationship between
the metabolic fate of Mobam and its phenol.
Genre Thesis/Dissertation
Topic Metabolism
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/47413

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