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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 9, 1979 - Issue 8
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Original Article

The oxidation of azaheterocycles with mammalian liver aldehyde oxidase

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Pages 475-484 | Received 22 Jan 1979, Published online: 30 Sep 2009
 

Abstract

1. Isoquinoline, cinnoline, quinoxaline, quinazoline and phthalazine were incubated with preparations of rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase.

2. The oxidation products, 1-hydroxyisoquinoline, 4-hydroxycinnoline, 2-hydroxy-and 2,3-dihydroxy-quinoxaline, 4-hydroxy- and 2,4-dihydroxy-quinazoline, and 1 -hydroxyphthalazine were identified by comparison of their spectral and chromatographic characteristics with those of authentic compounds.

3. Michaelis-Menten constants are reported for the action of the parent heterocycles with aldehyde oxidase. The compounds reported in this study are among the most efficient substrates yet described for rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase.

4. The compounds in 1 above were incubated with bovine milk xanthine oxidase: only quinazoline and phthalazine yielded significant amounts of metabolites. Km values were calculated for these compounds.

5. Incubation of the heterocycles with rat liver preparations gave qualitatively the same results as those obtained using rabbit liver, but smaller amounts of the oxidation products were detected from rat liver incubations.

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