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Effects of capsaicinoids on oxidative metabolism of caffeine in isolated rat hepatocytes

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The metabolism of caffeine was studied in isolated rat hepatocytes, in the absence and presence of capsaicinoids. Caffeine and four primary metabolite fractions were identified by high performance liquid chromatography: 1,7-dimethylxanthine, 3,7-dimethylxanthine, 1,3-dimethylxanthine and 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid. The incubation with the lowest concentrations (0.1 and 1 μM) of capsaicinoids (natural extract, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin) showed a stimulatory effect on caffeine metabolism, which was further enhanced with capsaicin. At 10 μM, capsaicin stimulated the two pathways of metabolism of caffeine (N-demethylation and C-8 oxidation). In contrast, dihydrocapsaicin and the natural extract seem to inhibit the N-demethylation pathways without affecting the C-8 oxidation route. The inhibitory activity on the N-demethylation pathways and especially the N-7 demethylation pathway was pronounced at the first 30 min of incubation. These results suggest that the two pathways (N-demethylation and C-8 oxidation) are mediated by different isozymes of cytochromes P-450. This is in agreement with recent findings.

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  1. Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Monastir, Tunisia

    A. Bouraoui

  2. Faculté de Pharmacie, LEACM, Lyon, France

    J. L. Brazier, B. Ribon, E. Vermeulen & M. Desage

  3. Laboratoire de Biochimie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5000, Monastir, Tunisie

    H. Zouaghi

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Bouraoui, A., Brazier, J.L., Zouaghi, H. et al. Effects of capsaicinoids on oxidative metabolism of caffeine in isolated rat hepatocytes. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 20, 179–184 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03189667

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