title: Toxicokinetics of amphetamines: metabolism and toxicokinetic data of designer drugs, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and their N-alkyl derivatives.
abstract: This paper reviews the toxicokinetics of amphetamines. The designer drugs MDA (methylenedioxy-amphetamine, R,S-1-(3;,4;-methylenedioxyphenyl)2-propanamine), MDMA (R,S-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), and MDE (R,S-methylenedioxyethylamphetamine), as well as BDB (benzodioxolylbutanamine; R,S-1-(1;,3;-benzodioxol-5;-yl)-2-butanamine or R,S-1-(3;,4;-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-butanamine) and MBDB (R,S-N-methyl-benzodioxolylbutanamine), were taken into consideration, as were the following N-alkylated amphetamine derivatives: amphetaminil, benzphetamine, clobenzorex, dimethylamphetamine, ethylamphetamine, famprofazone, fencamine, fenethylline, fenproporex, furfenorex, mefenorex, mesocarb, methamphetamine, prenylamine, and selegiline. English-language publications from 1995 to 2000 were reviewed. Papers describing identification of metabolites or cytochrome P450 isoenzyme-dependent metabolism and papers containing pharmacokinetic/toxicokinetic data were considered and summarized. The implications of toxicokinetics for toxicologic assessment or for interpretation in forensic cases are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Saarland, D-66421 Homburg (Saar), Germany. thomas.kraemer@uniklinik-saarland.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: Hans H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D000662:Amphetamines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015198:Designer Drugs / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008694:Methamphetamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D000662:Amphetamines; D015198:Designer Drugs; D008694:Methamphetamine