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. 1971 May;122(4):503–508. doi: 10.1042/bj1220503

The metabolic interconversion of arecoline and arecoline 1-oxide in the rat

R Nery 1
PMCID: PMC1176807  PMID: 5123883

Abstract

1. Tritiation of arecoline hydrochloride by catalytic exchange in aqueous media (done by The Radiochemical Centre) gave arecaidine hydrochloride of high specific radioactivity; this on treatment with diazomethane gave [3H]arecoline, which was oxidized with peroxyacetic acid to [3H]arecoline 1-oxide. 2. Arecoline 1-oxide gave arecaidine 1-oxide on acid hydrolysis and 1,2-dihydro-1-methylnicotinic acid methyl ester on thermal decomposition. 3. [3H]Arecoline hydrochloride was metabolized in the rat into the 3H-labelled derivatives of arecoline 1-oxide, arecaidine 1-oxide, arecaidine, N-acetyl-S-(3-carboxy-1-methylpiperid-4-yl)-l-cysteine and an unidentified metabolite; some unchanged arecoline was also excreted. [3H]Arecoline 1-oxide gave the same metabolities, but in different amounts. 4. The possible relevance of these findings to betel-nut carcinogenesis is discussed.

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