title: Dextromethorphan metabolism in Jordanians: dissociation of dextromethorphan O-demethylation from debrisoquine 4-hydroxylation.
abstract: The concentrations of dextromethorphan (DM) and its metabolites dextrorphan (DRP), 3-methoxymorphinan (MM) and 3-hydroxymorphinan (HM) were measured in 8 h urine samples from 266 unrelated healthy Jordanian subjects following oral administration of 30 mg dextromethorphan hydrobromide and using a rapid, sensitive and precise HPLC method with fluorometric detection. The frequency of the 'poor' metabolizer status of DM-O-demethylation as judged by log DM/DRP was found to be 6.8% with a 95% confidence interval of 3.8-9.8%. There was a strong correlation between log DM/DRP and log total non-O-demethylated compounds (NODM)/total O-demethylated metabolites (ODM) metabolic ratios (r = 0.96, P < 0.01). However, one subject with log DM/DRP of 0.05 that classifies him as a poor metabolizer was found to have a log NODM/ODM of -0.73 which is in the range of extensive metabolizer status suggesting the presence of another cytochrome P450 isoenzyme involved in dextromethorphan O-demethylation. Dextromethorphan N-demethylation to 3-methoxymorphinan was detected in 55.3% of individuals. Furthermore, a dissociation between dextromethorphan O-demethylation and debrisoquine (D) 4-hydroxylation has been observed. Among the 116 subjects phenotyped with both dextromethorphan and debrisoquine, 7 were poor metabolizers of both, three were poor metabolizers of debrisoquine and extensive metabolizers of dextromethorphan whilst 4 were poor metabolizers of dextromethorphan and extensive metabolizers of debrisoquine, one of whom was reclassified as an extensive metabolizer of dextromethorphan using log NODM/ODM to characterize dextromethorphan metabolizer status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Alquds University, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Irshaid
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: al-Hadidi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Awwadi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Zoubi
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Rawashdeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003647:Debrisoquin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D003915:Dextromethorphan / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003915:Dextromethorphan; D003647:Debrisoquin