In vitro stability and metabolism of salvinorin A in rat plasma
In vitro stability and metabolism of salvinorin A in rat plasma
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DOI:
10.1080/00498250902769967
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
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1.8
通讯作者:
Inoue, H.
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作者:
Tsujikawa, K.;Kuwayama, K.;Inoue, H.
Salvinorin A is the main active psychoactive ingredient in Salvia divinorum, a Mexican plant that has been widely available as a hallucinogen in recent years. The aims of this study were to investigate the stability of salvinorin A in rat plasma, esterases responsible for its degradation, and estimation of the degradation products. The apparent first-order rate constants of salvinorin A at 37C, 25C, and 4C were 3.8 10-1, 1.1 10-1, and 6.0 10-3 h-1, respectively. Salvinorin A degradation was markedly inhibited by the addition of sodium fluoride, an esterase inhibitor. Moreover, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (serine esterase inhibitor) and bis-p-nitrophenyl phosphate (carboxylesterase inhibitor) also inhibited salvinorin A degradation. In contrast, little or no suppression of the degradation was seen with 5,5-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (arylesterase inhibitor), ethopropazine (butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor), and BW284c51 (acetylcholineseterase inhibitor). These findings indicated that carboxylesterase was mainly involved in the salvinorin A hydrolysis in rat plasma. The degradation products of salvinorin A estimated by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry included the deacetylated form (salvinorin B) and the lactone-ring-open forms of salvinorin A and salvinorin B. This lactone-ring-opening reactions were involved in calcium-dependent lactonase.