title: Biotransformation of flurbiprofen by Cunninghamella species.
abstract: The biotransformation of the fluorinated anti-inflammatory drug flurbiprofen was investigated in Cunninghamella spp. Mono- and dihydroxylated metabolites were detected using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and fluorine-19 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and the major metabolite 4'-hydroxyflurbiprofen was isolated by preparative high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Cunninghamella elegans DSM 1908 and C. blakesleeana DSM 1906 also produced a phase II (conjugated) metabolite, which was identified as the sulfated drug via deconjugation experiments.
authors.affiliation: School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Ardmore House, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amadio
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Cormac D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D020093:Cunninghamella / Q000378:metabolism*; D005480:Flurbiprofen / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; C065522:4'-hydroxyflurbiprofen; D005480:Flurbiprofen