title: Metabolism and pharmacokinetics of 14C-pentoxifylline in healthy volunteers.
abstract: The metabolism and pharmacokinetics of 14C-pentoxifylline (Trental) have been studied in three healthy male volunteers after oral administration of 200 mg (50 microCi). The radiolabelled drug was rapidly absorbed and by 6 h 89.1 +/- 2.4% of the 14C material was excreted in the urine. The dosed 14C material (96.9 +/- 2.2%) was recovered in excreta by 24 h with 93.3 +/- 2.3% in the urine 3.0 +/- 0.2% in the faeces. Peak plasma levels of radioactivity (4.1-6.2 micrograms eq ml-1) occurred 0.25-0.75 h after administration. This radioactivity decayed in a biexponential fashion with an initial half-life of 1.01 +/- 0.13 h and a terminal half-life of 36.06 +/- 16.94 h. The peak plasma levels (0.48-2.25 micrograms ml-1) of parent drug, as measured using a specific gas chromatographic assay also occurred at 0.25-0.75 h and subsequently decayed extremely rapidly with an initial half-life of 0.18 +/- 0.15 h and terminal half-life of 0.76 +/- 0.44 h. Urinary 14C-labelled metabolites were separated by semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography and characterised by mass spectrometry and by comparison with authentic synthetic compounds. Of the dosed 14C-pentoxifylline, greater than 90% could be identified as characterised metabolites in urine.
authors.affiliation: Hoechst Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Milton Keynes, Bucks, UK.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Bryce
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hillbeck
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Macdonald
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008297:Male; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D013805:Theobromine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D013805:Theobromine; D010431:Pentoxifylline