Discovery of olmesartan hexetil: A new potential prodrug of olmesartan
Synthesis of a new ester prodrug of olmesartan, olmesartan hexetil (1), is described. It is in vitro stabilities and in vivo pharmacokinetics (PK) were evaluated. It showed high stability in simulated gastric juice, and was rapidly hydrolyzed to olmesartan in rat liver microsomes and rat plasma in v...
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Published in | Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 1347 - 1350 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier Ltd
01.03.2013
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Summary: | Synthesis of a new ester prodrug of olmesartan, olmesartan hexetil (1), is described. It is in vitro stabilities and in vivo pharmacokinetics (PK) were evaluated. It showed high stability in simulated gastric juice, and was rapidly hydrolyzed to olmesartan in rat liver microsomes and rat plasma in vitro. Cmax and AUClast for olmesartan were significantly increased in case of hexetil prodrug, compared with olmesartan medoxomil. Olmesartan hexetil is proposed to be an efficient prodrug of olmesartan with markedly increased oral bioavailability. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.090 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0960-894X 1464-3405 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.12.090 |