Affiliation: | Abbot Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois 60064 U.S.A. Novo Nordisk A/S, Novo Nordisk Park, DK-2760 Máløv Denmark University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Y6 Canada |
Abstract: | Certain synthetic metalloporphyrins have been shown to mimic the in vivo metabolism of some pharmaceuticals. Oxidation, hydroxylation and N-demethylation yielded synthetic metabolites. If found to be general, this lays the foundation of a predictive basis to optimize analog desing of inhibitors with reduced oxidative reactivity, to determine the proclivity of drugs to form biological active metabolites, and provides a convenient methodology for their preparation. Certain Synthetic metalloporphyrins have been shown to mimic the in vivo metabolism of some pharmaceuticals. Oxidation. hydroxylation and N-demethylation yielded synthetic metabolites. If found to be general, this lays the foundation of a predictive basis to optimize analog design of inhibitors with reduced oxidative reactivity, to determine the proclivity of drugs to form biologically active metabolites, and provides a convenient methodology for their preparation. |