title: Interaction of pargyline with rat hepatic microsomes.
abstract: When administered by intraperitoneal injection daily for 3, 7 or 14 days, pargyline (75 mg/kg) significantly reduced rat hepatic microsomal ethylmorphine N-demethylase activity and cytochrome P-450 content. Injection of a lower dose of pargyline (15 mg/kg) failed to alter significantly either ethylmorphine N-demethylase activity or cytochrome P-450 content. Studies performed in vitro reveal that pargyline is metabolized to at least three compounds by rat hepatic microsomes. Thin-layer chromatography and other analyses suggest that one metabolite is an N-demethylated form, norpargyline.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000378:metabolism*; D010293:Pargyline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010293:Pargyline; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating