Metabolism of tamsulosin in rat and dog
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Xenobiotica
- Vol. 26 (3), 355-365
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00498259609046714
Abstract
1. The metabolism of tamsulosin hydrochloride (TMS), a potent α1-adrenoceptor blocking agent, was studied after a single oral administration to rat and dog. 2. Eleven metabolites (1, 2, 3, 4 and their glucuronides, sulphates of 1 and 3, and A-1) were identified from the urine and bile of rat and dog administered TMS. 3. Unchanged drug and metabolites in urine and bile were quantified in rat and dog dosed with 14C-TMS (1 mg/kg). In rat the main metabolic routes were de-ethylation of the o-ethoxyphenoxy moiety, demethylation of the methoxybenzenesulphonamide moiety, and conjugation of the resultant metabolites by glucuronic acid and sulphuric acid. In dog the main pathways were de-ethylation of the ethoxyphenoxy moiety, conjugation of the de-ethylated product by sulphuric acid, and oxidative deamination of the side chain. 4. The organ responsible for the metabolism of TMS in rat was estimated using 9000g supernatants of liver, kidney, small and large intestine homogenate and plasma. The drug was rapidly metabolized in liver but hardly metabolized in the other organs or plasma.Keywords
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