title: Pharmacokinetics of acebutolol enantiomers after intravenous administration of racemate in a rat model: a dosing range comparison.
abstract: Acebutolol (AC) is a chiral beta-adrenergic blocking drug, possessing intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA), and is useful clinically as the racemate in treating hypertension. Utilizing a stereospecific high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) assay, the enantiomeric disposition of AC and its major metabolite diacetolol (DC) are reported after intravenous administration of single 5, 15, 30, and 50 mg kg-1 doses of racemate to male Sprague-Dawley rats. The mean area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) values display a linear relationship with respect to the administered dose. No statistical differences are observed in apparent volume of distribution (Vd), terminal elimination half-life (t1/2), total body clearance (Clt), or renal clearance (Clr) with respect to dose administered. Generally, R-S ratios for AUC following AC administration are statistically different from unity (p < 0.05). However, for the 50 mg kg-1 doses the R-S ratio for AUC is not statistically different from one. For DC, the plasma disposition is nonstereoselective in plasma. The amount of R-DC recovered in urine, however, was greater than that of the antipode (R:S = 1.92 +/- 0.29). This study suggests that the enantiomeric disposition of intravenous AC is linear within the investigated range of 5-50 mg kg-1 racemate in rats.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000070:Acebutolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000818:Animals; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006207:Half-Life; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000070:Acebutolol