Absence of an Active Metabolite for the Triazole Antifungal Pramiconazole
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-0179Keywords:
R126638, inhibition zone bio�assay, metabolism, yeast, dermatophyte.Abstract
Pramiconazole is an antifungal with high potential for the treatment of dermatophyte and yeast infections of the skin. It is currently not known whether pramiconazole is active alone as the parent agent or assisted by active metabolites. The in vitro metabolism as well as the metabolic stability of pramiconazole was investigated in subcellular liver fractions and isolated hepatocytes of several species. Results indicate that the metabolism of pramiconazole was slow, since the enzyme-mediated disappearance of pramiconazole was rather slow. To investigate whether pramiconazole was converted into an active metabolite in humans, serum samples from healthy volunteers receiving a daily dose of 100 or 200 mg pramiconazole for one week were assayed with an agar diffusion bioassay and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. It was concluded that there was no active metabolite present in serum samples from healthy volunteers after oral dosing of pramiconazole.Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
LicenseAll digitalized ActaDV contents is available freely online. The Society for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica owns the copyright for all material published until volume 88 (2008) and as from volume 89 (2009) the journal has been published fully Open Access, meaning the authors retain copyright to their work.
Unless otherwise specified, all Open Access articles are published under CC-BY-NC licences, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes, provided proper attribution to the original work.