TABLE 2

Percentage of radioactivity in incubation samples of rat, dog, and human hepatic microsomes and S9 fractions at 1 mg of protein/ml with [14C]capsaicin at 10 μM for 0, 5, 10, 20, and 30 min

Matrix Time Point Vanillylamine Vanillin 16-HC 17-HC 16,17-DHC Capsaicin
M S9 M S9 M S9 M S9 M S9 M S9
min % radioactivity
Rat 0 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 98.4 98.8
5 4.52 4.44 N.D. N.D. 21.3 7.23 N.D. N.D. 15.4 7.17 51 79
10 8.83 7.37 6.69 N.D. 36.6 13.8 1.56 N.D. 18.9 11.1 21.2 63.1
20 10.2 15.3 8.78 1.22 49.4 25.4 1.53 N.D. 4.65 15.5 N.D. 35.1
30 9.69 17.8 27.4 5.05 42.8 34.7 3.58 3.26 N.D. 13.2 N.D. 16.9
Dog 0 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 99.3 98.9
5 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 3.1 N.D. 1.24 N.D. N.D. N.D. 90.2 96
10 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 10.1 1.14 4.97 N.D. 2.91 N.D. 75.4 92.1
20 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 19.7 6.48 7.92 3.87 3.93 N.D. 56.4 77.5
30 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 28.3 8.21 14.2 2.21 6.05 1.41 37.7 70.2
Human 0 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 93.2 98.5
5 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 14.2 3.21 27.4 6.42 7.95 4.04 46.9 83.6
10 N.D. N.D. 1.36 N.D. 19.9 6.33 42.6 12 8.81 6.84 21.7 71.7
20 N.D. N.D. 7.9 N.D. 23.8 13.2 54.2 25.4 4.33 12.3 4.03 44.5
30 N.D. N.D. 10.3 N.D. 27 20.6 55.6 31.6 N.D. 13.8 N.D. 28.1
  • 6-HC, 16-hydroxycapsaicin; 17-HC, 17-hydroxycapsaicin; 16,17-DHC, 16,17-dehydrocapsaicin; M, liver microsomes; N.D., not detected.