title: The disposition of [14C]-labelled benazepril HCl in normal adult volunteers after single and repeated oral dose.
abstract: 1. The disposition of [14C]-labelled benazepril HCl, an ACE-inhibitor, was studied in four normal adult volunteers after a single oral dose of 20 mg and after repeated doses of 20 mg once daily for 5 days. Radioactivity was measured in plasma, urine and faeces. The prodrug ester benazepril and the pharmacologically active metabolite benazeprilat were determined quantitatively in plasma and urine by a g.c.-m.s. method. The pattern of metabolites in urine was analysed semiquantitatively by h.p.l.c.-radiometry. 2. After a single oral dose at least 37% was absorbed, as indicated by urinary recovery. The peak plasma concentration of benazepril (0.58 +/- 0.13 nmol/g (SD] was observed at 0.5h after dose, indicating rapid absorption. Peak concentrations of radioactivity (1.88 +/- 0.48 nmol/g) and of active benazeprilat (0.84 +/- 0.25 nmol/g) were observed at 1 h after dose, demonstrating rapid bioactivation. 3. The area under the plasma curve (AUC0-96 h) of total radioactivity amounted to 9.7 +/- 1.1 (nmol/g)h, 5% of which was accounted for by benazepril and about 50% by benazeprilat. 4. Over 9 days 96.8 +/- 0.5% of the dose was excreted in urine and faeces. Urinary excretion accounted for 37.0 +/- 6.0% of the dose, 80% of which was recovered in the first 8 h after dosing. 5. In urine, only 0.4% of the dose (1% of the radioactivity) was excreted as unchanged benazepril, indicating that the compound was extensively metabolized. Benazeprilat accounted for 17% of the dose (about half of the radioactivity; 0-96 h). Glucuronide conjugates of benazepril and benazeprilat constituting approximately 11% and 22% of the radioactivity (about 4% and 8% of the dose; 0-48 h) were tentatively identified. 6. Repeated oral treatment with benazepril HCl did not influence the pharmacologically relevant kinetics and disposition parameters.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Department, Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basle, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Waldmeier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Faigle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barner
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lasseter
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005243:Feces; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005965:Glucuronates / Q000652:urine; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D001552:Benzazepines; D001798:Blood Proteins; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005965:Glucuronates; C052133:benazeprilat; C044946:benazepril