title: Biotransformation of cibenzoline to 2-(2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl)-1H-imidazole.
abstract: A microsomal metabolite of cibenzoline, 4,5-dihydro-2-(2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl)-1H-imidazole butanedioate, was identified by n.m.r. as the 4,5-dehydro analogue, 2-(2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl)-1H-imidazole. Three dogs dosed orally with 13.8 mg/kg 14C-cibenzoline base excreted 1.8-3.5% of the dose as this metabolite in the urine. Mean plasma concentrations of cibenzoline reached a peak of 1.5 micrograms/ml at 2 h while mean concentrations of the metabolite of 0.4-0.5 micrograms/ml were found between 2 and 7 h. The metabolite was synthesized and found to decrease the frequency of ventricular premature depolarizations in conscious dogs having a two-stage occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery performed 48 h before. It did not inhibit ventricular arrhythmia in rats induced by i.v. infusion of aconitine. Thus, in contrast to cibenzoline, the metabolite does not appear to be a true antiarrhythmic agent.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation; D004285:Dogs; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; C039395:2-(2,2-diphenylcyclopropyl)-1H-imidazole; C032151:cifenline