Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 21, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217359
Keywords
betulinic acid; phase I metabolites; phase II metabolites; ESI CID MS; MS
Funding
- internal grant at Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy [1EXP/1233/30.01.2020 LUPSKINPATH]
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Betulinic acid has been extensively studied for its antiproliferative and antitumor effects in various cancers. In this study, the metabolic transformation of BA in mouse plasma was investigated using ESI Orbitrap MS and CID MS/MS. The results revealed different phase I and phase II metabolic reactions, and the fragmentation pathway of BA and its metabolites was elucidated through CID MS MS experiments.
Betulinic acid (BA) has been extensively studied in recent years mainly for its antiproliferative and antitumor effect in various types of cancers. Limited data are available regarding the pharmacokinetic profile of BA, particularly its metabolic transformation in vivo. In this study, we present the screening and structural investigations by ESI Orbitrap MS in the negative ion mode and CID MS/MS of phase I and phase II metabolites detected in mouse plasma after the intraperitoneal administration of a nanoemulsion containing BA in SKH 1 female mice. Obtained results indicate that the main phase I metabolic reactions that BA undergoes are monohydroxylation, dihydroxylation, oxidation and hydrogenation, while phase II reactions involved sulfation, glucuronidation and methylation. The fragmentation pathway for BA and its plasma metabolites were elucidated by sequencing of the precursor ions by CID MS MS experiments.
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