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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol. 2010 Sep;6(9):1095–1109. doi: 10.1517/17425255.2010.497487

Table 3.

Rank order analysis of the in vitro Cli,f and the in vivo AUCm/AUCp for M/P pairs of a given parent drug.

Parent Metabolite In vitro Cli,f
(µL/min/mg)
In vivo
AUCm/AUCp
Rank Order
Correctly?
References
Alprazolam 1-hydroxyalprazolam 0.51 0.11 No 1, 2, 3
4-hydroxyalprazolam 4.1 0.034

Atorvastatin 2-hydroxyatorvastatin 20 0.87 Nob 4, 5
4-hydroxyatorvastatin 9.1 0.88

Caffeine* Theophylline 0.072 0.14 Yes 6, 7
Paraxanthine 1.4 0.48
Theobromine 0.019 0.080

Clomipramine 2-hydroxyclomipramine 0.98 NDa Nob 8, 9
8-hydroxyclomipramine 0.94 0.36
N-desmethylclomipramine 16 2.2

Codeine* Morphine 0.23 0.029 No 10, 11, 12
Norcodeine 1.1 0.25
Codeine-6-glucuronide 0.45 9.2

Imipramine* Desipramine 8.3 0.54 Yes 13, 14
2-hydroxyimipramine 2.8 0.37

Lansoprazole 5-hydroxylansoprazole 19 0.085 No 15, 16
Lansoprazole sulfone 10 0.61

Morphine* Morphine-3-glucuronide 8.4 23 Yes 17, 18
Morphine-6-glucuronide 1.8 2.8

Nefazodone Hydroxynefazodone 239 0.36 Yes 2, 19
Meta-chlorophenylpiperazine 190 0.090

Omeprazole 5-hydroxyomeprazole 24 0.92 Yes 20, 21
Omeprazole sulfone 20 0.54

Propafenone 5-hydroxypropafenone 530 0.50 Yes 22, 23
N-desalkylpropafenone 3.5 0.064

Quinidine 3-hydroxyquinidine 15 0.24 No 24, 25
Quinidine N-oxide 2.9 0.37

Tamoxifen 4-hydroxytamoxifen 2.3 0.034 Yes 26, 27
N-desmethyltamoxifen 31 2.1

Theophylline* 3-methylxanthine 0.012 0.035 Nob 28, 29
1,3-dimethyluric acid 0.16 0.032

Notes: The in vitro Cli,f and in vivo AUCm/AUCp values are provided. Additionally, whether or not the metabolites of a given parent rank ordered correctly with respect to these two values is provided. All in vivo AUCm/AUCp values were determined under steady-state conditions except for those parent drugs marked with an asterisk, which were determined after single dose administration.

Superscript ‘a’ indicates a value not determined because the observed in vivo metabolite concentrations were not detectable.

Superscript ‘b’ indicates a set of M/P pairs for a given parent drug that were considered to not rank order correctly because the in vitro Cli,f values exhibited a > 15% difference but the AUCm/AUCp values did not or the AUCm/AUCp values exhibited a > 15% difference but the in vitro Cli,f values did not. Reference numbers coincide with the below provided references and not with the bibliography references.

References: 1Buch et al, 1993; 2Greene et al, 1995; 3Hirota et al, 2001; 4Park et al, 2008; 5Tekturna New Drug Application, 2007; 6Labedzki et al, 2002; 7Akinyinka et al, 2000; 8Kramer-Nielsen et al, 1996; 9Linnoila et al, 1982; 10Soars et al, 2001; 11Yue et al, 1997; 12Yue et al, 1991b; 13Skelbo et al, 1992; 14Koyama et al, 1994; 15Ieira et al, 2001; 16Kim et al, 2003; 17Morrish et al, 2006; 18Eliot et al, 2002; 19VonMoltke et al, 1999; 20Shirai et al, 2001; 21Shu et al, 2000; 22Dilger et al, 1999; 23Hemeryck et al, 2000; 24Nielsen et al, 1999; 25Schellens et al, 1991; 26Desta et al, 2004; 27Lien et al, 1990; 28Tjia et al, 1996 and 29Rodopoulos et al, 1996.