title: Metabolic N-oxygenation of 2,4-diamino-6-substituted pyrimidines.
abstract: Biological oxidation of 2,4-diamino-6-substituted pyrimidines have been studied using hepatic microsomes from various mammalian species. The nature of the enzyme(s) involved in the oxidation has been elucidated using various enzyme inhibitors and inducing agents. The 3-N-oxides were formed with 6-piperidino-, 6-diethylamino-, 6-methyl-, and 6-chloro-substituted 2,4-diaminopyrimidines: no evidence of 1-N-oxide formation was obtained. With the 6-hydroxy-, 6-amino-, and unsubstituted 2,4-diaminopyrimidines and melamine, no N-oxidative metabolite was detected. The differences in N-oxide formation was discussed in terms of the effect of substituents on tautomerism and electron distribution. The N-oxygenation was mediated via a cytochrome P450 dependent system.
authors.affiliation: Chelsea Department of Pharmacy, King's College London, University of London, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: el-Ghomari
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Gorrod
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006224:Cricetinae; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014227:Triazines / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014227:Triazines; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C011907:melamine