TY  - THES
T1  - Studies on the phase I and II metabolism and the toxicological analysis of the alkaloids of the herbal drug of abuse Mitragyna speciosa Korth. (Kratom) using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography coupled to low- and high-resolution linear ion trap mass spectrometry
A1  - Philipp,Anika-Anina
Y1  - 2011/07/05
N2  - In the presented studies, the herbal drug Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) was investigated regarding its metabolism and its toxicological analysis in rat and human urine. Depending on the plant species and plant parts the three most abundant alkaloids of Mitragyna speciosa are MG, PAY and the MG diastereomer SG. Further alkaloids are the MG diastereomers SC and MC and ISO-PAY the diastereomer of PAY. 
The diastereomers of MG and PAY were mainly metabolized by hydrolysis of the methylester in position 16 and O-demethylation of the 9-methyoxy group. Further steps were the O-demethylation of the 17-methoxy group, followed, via the corresponding aldehydes, by oxidation to carboxylic acids or reduction to the correspondent alcohols, and combinations of these steps. As metabolic phase II reactions, partial glucuronidation and sulfation were observed. The metabolism study showed that all diastereomers of MG and PAY were extensively metabolized in rats and humans with some differences, particularly in phase II metabolism. In the case of Kratom, the target analytes for the toxicological analysis were the derivatized MG parent substance, the 9-O-demethyl metabolite of MG, the free carboxy group metabolite of MG, and the 9-O-demethyl-16-carboxy metabolite of MG.

KW  - Pflanzliche Droge
KW  - Stoffwechsel
KW  - Harn
KW  - GC-MS
KW  - LC-MS
CY  - Saarbrücken
PB  - Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
AD  - Postfach 151141, 66041 Saarbrücken
UR  - http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2011/4074
ER  -