Study on the metabolism of racemic prolintane and its optically pure enantiomers

Abstract

1. Asian and European volunteers were given racemic prolintane, and the metabolites in the 24 h urine were identified and quantified by g.l.c. mass spectroscopy using synthetic reference compounds. 2. R-(+)- and S-(-)-prolintane were synthesized from optically active phenylalanine. The metabolism of the enantiomers differs mainly in the quantitative amounts of metabolites.