title: Metabolism of aminoglutethimide in the rat.
abstract: The metabolism of aminoglutethimide was studied in the rat by use of the 14C-labeled compound. Following oral doses of 5 and 50 mg/kg, the drug was almost completely eliminated within 48 hr into urine and feces, mostly in the form of metabolites. In bile duct-cannulated rats, biliary excretion of radioactivity amounted to about 52% within 24 hr of an orally administered 50 mg/kg dose, with the remainder of the dose being eliminated into urine. The major urinary metabolites resulted from acetylation of the aniline moiety, hydroxylation of the glutarimide ring at positions 3 and 4, and oxidative elimination of the ethyl sidechain. The polar metabolites are accounted for by aromatic hydroxylation with subsequent sulfate conjugation and by a glutarimide ring-opened compound. In addition, a gamma-butyrolactone derivative was also identified.
mesh_terms: D000616:Aminoglutethimide / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D006900:Hydroxylation; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000616:Aminoglutethimide