Demethylation of 3-O-methyldopa in the rat

J. P. Chalmers; G. H. Draffan; J. L. Reid; S. S. Thorgeirsson; D. S. Davies

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Demethylation of 3-O-methyldopa in the rat

J. P. Chalmers, G. H. Draffan, J. L. Reid, S. S. Thorgeirsson, D. S. Davies

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Following the intraperitoneal administration of L-3-O-¹⁴C-methyl-4-hydroxyphenylalanine (¹⁴C-3-o-methyldopa; ¹⁴C-OMD), to rats, 15-20% of the injected radioactivity appeared in the expired air as ¹⁴C-CO2 over a period of 3-4 days; 65% of the dose was excreted in the urine and 8% in the faeces. When the experiments were repeated in rats with biliary fistulae, 20% of the dose was excreted in the bile in the first 24 hours, and there was no longer any detectable ¹⁴C-CO2 in the expired air. These studies establish that 3-o-methyldopa is demethylated in rats in vivo and that the demethylation occurs mainly in the gut.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1243-1251
Number of pages	9
Journal	Life Sciences
Volume	10
Issue number	21, Part 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0024-3205(71)90294-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 1971
Externally published	Yes

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