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Published on: March 28, 2017
[Studies on metabolism of oxymatrine by human intestinal bacteria]
1Research Centre of New Drug, Changchun College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130021 Jilin, China.
Objective:
To study the oxymatrine metabolism induced by human intestinal bacteria and its absorbed metabolites in blood.
Method:
TLC and HPLC were used to examine oxymatrine and its metabolites, and UV, IR, NMR and MS were used to confirm the chemical structures of the metabolites.
Result:
Oxymatrine was transformed into matrine by human intestinal bacteria metabolism in vitro. Rats were given orally oxymatrine 100 mg.kg-1 and were decapitated 3 hours after administration, and their blood was taken to examine serum metabolites by TLC and HPLC, which revealed that oxymatrine and matrine were absorbed into blood.
Conclusion:
Oxymatrine will be transformed into matrine when it is given orally and both of the alkaloids can be absorbed to blood.
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