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  • Title: Stereospecific in vivo N-methylation of nicotine in the guinea pig.
    Author: Cundy KC, Sato M, Crooks PA.
    Journal: Drug Metab Dispos; 1985; 13(2):175-85. PubMed ID: 2859165.
    Abstract:
    R-(+)-[3H-N'-CH3]N-methylnicotinium ion has been identified as a urinary metabolite of ip administered R-(+)-[3H-N'-CH3]nicotine in the guinea pig. Under similar conditions, S-(-)-[3H-N'-CH3]nicotine is not converted to the corresponding N-methylated metabolite. R-(+)-N-methylnicotinium salt was isolated from the urine of guinea pigs that had been chronically dosed ip with R-(+)-nicotine. The identification and stereochemical analysis of this metabolite were carried out using analytical and preparative cation exchange high pressure liquid chromatography and chemical reduction followed by GLC-mass spectrometric analysis and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The results show that nicotine is stereospecifically biotransformed into an N-methylated urinary metabolite in the guinea pig.
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