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- Title
The Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Quinapril.
- Authors
Olson, Stephen C.; Horvath, Ann Marie; Michniewicz, Barbara M.; Sedman, Allen J.; Colburn, Wayne A.; Welling, Peter G.
- Abstract
Quinapril (Q) and quinaprilat (QT) pharmacokinetics are dose proportional following single oral 2.5- to 80-mg Q doses. Q absorption and hydrolysis to QT is rapid with peak Q and QT concentrations occurring one and two hours postdose, respectively. Peak plasma QT concentrations were approximately fourfold higher than those of Q (923 vs 207 ng/mL following 40-mg Q). Dose-proportional QT area under the curve and dose-independent percent of dose excreted in urine as QT demonstrate that the extent of Q conversion to QT is constant over the dose range studied. Q and QT were eliminated from plasma with apparent half-lives of 0.8 and 1.9 hours and apparent plasma clearances of 1,850 and 220 mL/min, respectively, over the 2.5- to 80-mg dose range. Following oral 14C-Q, 61% and 37% of radiolabel was recovered in urine and feces, respectively. Q plus QT accounted for 46% of radioactivity circulating in plasma and 56% of that excreted in urine. Metabolism to compounds other than QT is not extensive. Two diketopiperazine metabolites of Q have been identified in plasma and urine, with approximately 6% of an administered dose excreted in urine as each of these metabolites. Peak plasma concentrations of these metabolites are similar to that of Q, and each is eliminated rapidly with a half-life of approximately one hour. Urinary excretion profiles indicate the presence of other minor metabolites. In summary, the absorption of Q and conversion to QT is rapid and dose-proportional, subsequent clearance of both Q and QT is independent of dose, and metabolism to compounds other than QT is not extensive.
- Subjects
QUINAPRIL; PHARMACOKINETICS; DRUG metabolism; ACE inhibitors; PROTEASE inhibitors; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE agents; CARDIOVASCULAR agents
- Publication
Angiology, 1989, Vol 40, Issue 4, p351
- ISSN
0003-3197
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000331978904000404