Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for the determination of an antitumor diorganotin(IV) compound DBDCT and study its enzymatic kinetics in rat liver microsomes. METHODS HPLC was employed to determine the enzyme kinetics of DBDCT in vitro metabolic system using the rat liver microsomes. The kinetic parameters, Km, Vmax and liver clearance rate (Vmax/Km)were calculated by Eadie-Hofstee plot. RESULTS In the metabolic system, the enzyme kinetics parameters of DBDCT were found as follows: Km=157.07 μmol·L
-1, V
max=2.189 μmol·(min·mg)
-1 and liver clearance rate Vmax/Km=0.014 L·(min·mg)
-1, respectively. CONCLUSION The method is satisfied to the requirement of methodological verification, and it is simple, accurate and can be used for the in vitro metabolism research of DBDCT.