Stability of two new anticonvulsants in body fluids and tissues

Acta Pol Pharm. 2004 Jul-Aug;61(4):263-6.

Abstract

Stability of two compounds with established anticonvulsant activity, picolinic acid benzylamide (Pic-BZA) and nicotinic acid benzylamide (Nic-BZA), incubated in homogenates of body organs and in body fluids was determined at different time points. Pic-BZA was found to decompose fairly rapidly in the liver and the kidney, while Nic-BZA demonstrated stability against enzymes present in these organs and fluids.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anticonvulsants / isolation & purification
  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacokinetics*
  • Anticonvulsants / pharmacology
  • Benzyl Compounds / isolation & purification
  • Benzyl Compounds / pharmacokinetics*
  • Benzyl Compounds / pharmacology
  • Body Fluids / chemistry
  • Body Fluids / metabolism*
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Stability
  • Kidney / chemistry
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Liver / chemistry
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Lung / metabolism
  • Niacin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Niacin / isolation & purification
  • Niacin / pharmacokinetics*
  • Niacin / pharmacology
  • Picolinic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Picolinic Acids / pharmacokinetics*
  • Picolinic Acids / pharmacology
  • Rats
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Benzyl Compounds
  • Picolinic Acids
  • nicotinic acid benzylamide
  • picolinic acid benzylamide
  • Niacin