TABLE 5

Formation of carbamoyl glucuronide (M3) in rat, dog, monkey, and human liver microsomal incubations performed under a CO2-enriched atmosphere and in the presence of UDPGA and alamethicin Values obtained from liver microsomes are as follows: rat, pool from 48 male rats; dog and monkey, average from two and four individual animals, respectively; human, average of a commercial pool (n = 10) and four individual preparations.



M3 Formation (% of total radioactivity)
50 mM NaHCO3
100 mM KH2PO4 (pH 7.4)

pH 7.5
pH 8.5

Rat 26 27 9
Dog 28 28 8
Monkey 2 <1
Human
N.D.
N.D.

  • N.D., not detected