{"title":"Pharmacometric analysis of dapagliflozin for triglyceride-lowering effects in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus based on long-term real-world data and experimental analysis of dyslipidemia model rats.","authors":"Ryosuke Terada, Shinji Kobuchi, Ayaka Anada, Rina Watanabe, Tatsuya Miyoshi, Satoru Tanide, Kiichi Hiroi, Takafumi Nishiwaki, Raiya Kitagawa, Ken-Ichiro Kato, Tetsuo Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Sakaeda","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2745915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2026.2745915","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Although dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, has shown potential triglyceride-lowering effects, the clinical evidence remains inconsistent. This study aimed to determine whether the triglyceride-lowering effect observed in patients receiving dapagliflozin was associated with dapagliflozin exposure using a pharmacometric approach integrating clinical data and a preclinical model.2. Clinical data were retrieved from 85 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received dapagliflozin 5 mg/day for 12 months. Serum triglyceride levels and plasma concentrations of dapagliflozin were analyzed using a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) model. In addition, dapagliflozin (0.1 or 0.2 mg/kg) was administered to poloxamer-407-induced dyslipidemia model rats to examine exposure-dependent triglyceride-lowering effects.3. Among the 18 patients with elevated serum triglyceride levels (≥150 mg/dL) at baseline, dapagliflozin significantly reduced triglyceride levels, with a mean reduction of 47 mg/dL at 12 months. The population PK-PD model captured 103 triglyceride measurements and revealed an exposure-dependent triglyceride-lowering effect. Consistently, a dose-dependent reduction in triglyceride levels was observed in the dyslipidemia model rats.4. These findings suggest that dapagliflozin exposure is associated with triglyceride-lowering effects, demonstrating an exposure-response relationship supported by pharmacometric analysis of long-term real-world data and a dyslipidemia model.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149128461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-10-07DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2740560
Randa Djemil, Alima Messai, Sabrina Lekmine, Samia Ati
{"title":"Modulatory effects of zinc and cystine on diisononyl phthalate-induced male reproductive injury.","authors":"Randa Djemil, Alima Messai, Sabrina Lekmine, Samia Ati","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2740560","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2740560","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the combined effects of zinc and cystine on reproductive damage induced by diisononyl phthalate (DiNP) in male rats.A total of 28 rats were randomly assigned to four groups (<i>n</i> = 7 per group) and treated for 45 days. Group 0 (Control) received physiological saline, Group G1 (positive control) received a zinc- cystine combination at a dose of 5 mg zinc + 50 mg cystine/kg body weight, Group 2 received DiNP alone (15 mg/kg body weight), whereas Group 3 received DiNP in combination with zinc (5 mg/kg body weight) and cystine (50 mg/kg body weight).Hormonal parameters, including luteinizing hormone (LH), Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and testosterone, were measured. Sperm concentration, motility, speed, and vitality were also evaluated, together with testicular oxidative stress markers, including GSH, GSH-Px, MDA, and SOD.The results showed that the zinc-cystine combination significantly alleviated the reproductive and oxidative damage induced by DiNP exposure. Improvements were observed in hormonal status, sperm quality parameters, and antioxidant defence markers compared with the DiNP-treated group.These findings highlight the protective potential of zinc and cystine against environmental toxin-induced reproductive dysfunction and suggest a combined effect that may have therapeutic relevance in reducing the adverse effects associated with phthalate exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149064807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-10-05DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2732969
Moh Aijaz, Arun Kumar
{"title":"Astaxanthin nanoemulsion attenuates paraquat-induced Parkinsonism via modulation of oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and dopaminergic dysfunction in rats.","authors":"Moh Aijaz, Arun Kumar","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2732969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00498254.2026.2732969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Parkinson's disease (PD) involves dopaminergic dysfunction, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammation. This study evaluated an optimised astaxanthin-loaded nanoemulsion (AXTNE) in paraquat-induced experimental Parkinsonism.2. Male Wistar rats were randomly assigned to nine groups (<i>n</i> = 6). Parkinsonian alterations were induced by paraquat (10 mg/kg, i.p.) twice weekly for 4 weeks. Aqueous astaxanthin (AXT; 30 mg/kg), AXTNE (15 and 30 mg/kg), levodopa + carbidopa (15 + 3.75 mg/kg), and AXTNE-levodopa combinations were administered orally for 28 days. Motor function was assessed using catalepsy, locomotor activity, grip strength, postural instability, and beam-walk tests. Pooled bilateral striatal tissue was analysed for oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines, monoaminergic neurotransmitters, and dopaminergic protein markers.3. Paraquat induced motor deficits, oxidative imbalance, increased inflammatory cytokines, reduced dopamine and noradrenaline, and altered tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC), and α-synuclein levels. AXTNE attenuated these alterations and reduced MDA levels measured by TBARS. AXTNE-levodopa combinations produced additional improvements across several endpoints.4. AXTNE attenuated multiple paraquat-associated Parkinsonian alterations, with generally greater numerical improvements than aqueous AXT. Combination with levodopa showed potential complementary effects. Further histopathological, pharmacokinetic, biodistribution, and mechanistic studies are warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149115597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-09-27DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2734768
Qingchen Zhang, David J Greenblatt, John S Markowitz
{"title":"The influence of human plasma on drug-metabolizing enzymes: an exploratory study.","authors":"Qingchen Zhang, David J Greenblatt, John S Markowitz","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2734768","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2734768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Endogenous factors can introduce significant interindividual variability in <i>in vitro</i> assessments of drug metabolism and drug-drug interactions.2. The current study evaluated the effects of plasma samples from 12 healthy, non-medicated subjects on the activities of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes.3. The inhibitory effects of pooled plasma across a broader concentration range (3-100%) were assessed on CYP3A activity.4. To further investigate kinetic differences, CYP3A-mediated reactions conducted in plasma were compared with those performed in human serum albumin (HSA) solution.5. Plasma increased the <i>in vitro</i> activities of CYP1A2, CYP2C8, and CYP2C19, while decreasing the activities of CYP3A, and CES1. Interindividual variability was observed for all tested drug metabolic enzymes (DMEs), except CYP3A.6. The inhibitory effect of plasma on CYP3A activity was concentration-dependent, with lower reaction activity observed at higher plasma concentrations.7. Notably, inhibition of CYP3A activity by undiluted plasma and 52 mg/mL HSA buffer was nearly complete. Although both HSA and pooled plasma inhibited <i>in vitro</i> CYP3A4 activity, their effects on kinetic parameters differed.8. These findings identify plasma as a potentially important endogenous modulator of apparent <i>in vitro</i> DME activities and underscore the need for further mechanistic investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148978147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-09-27DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2732965
Yashvi Pethani, Neha Pethani, Dilip Pethani, Rima Shah, Darshil Shah, Jignesh Shah, Bhumi Shah
{"title":"Ergothioneine as a diet-derived xenobiotic: OCTN1-mediated disposition, mitochondrial redox regulation, and emerging implications for cardiovascular disease.","authors":"Yashvi Pethani, Neha Pethani, Dilip Pethani, Rima Shah, Darshil Shah, Jignesh Shah, Bhumi Shah","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2732965","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2732965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitochondrial dysfunction is a convergent upstream driver of cardiovascular disease, linking energetic failure, oxidative stress, inflammation, and maladaptive remodelling.The inconsistent results of conventional antioxidant trials are likely to be the result of multiple factors, including compound selection, dose and timing, bioavailability, tissue delivery, patient heterogeneity, endpoint selection, baseline redox status, and interference with physiological redox signalling.Ergothioneine (EGT) is a dietary thiol/thione amino acid transported by OCTN1 and distributed between circulating and intracellular compartments. EGT could potentially impact redox mechanisms in extracellular, cytosolic, and mitochondria-related contexts; however, the precise roles of these contributions are uncertain and direct proof in cardiac mitochondria is lacking.This review evaluates cardiovascular, mechanistic, and translational evidence for EGT, separating direct cardiovascular data from non-cardiac observations and suggested mechanisms that need validation.MPST has emerged as an EGT-responsive enzyme associated with skeletal-muscle bioenergetics, but its mitochondrial, cytosolic, and cardiovascular roles remain unresolved. We also propose a putative neuro-mitochondrial framework in which EGT-mediated redox buffering may provide an adjunct to vagal anti-inflammatory signalling. However, there is no direct evidence for EGT in relation to vagal activity, α7-nAChR signalling or the cholinergic anti-inflammatory response.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149012256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evodiamine alleviates CUMS-induced depressive-like behaviours associated with modulation of uptake-2 transporters.","authors":"Xianmei Song, Ruifeng Liang, Yanyan Zhang, Li Ma, Wenjing Ge, Xiaobo Kou, Mingli Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2732971","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2732971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>1. Evodiamine has been reported to exert antidepressant-like activity, but the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This study investigated the antidepressant-like effects of evodiamine and explored its regulation of monoamine neurotransmitter reuptake through modulation of uptake-2 transporters.</p><p><p>2. A chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) mouse model was used to evaluate depressive-like behaviours. Male C57BL/6J mice were subjected to CUMS and orally administered evodiamine, while tissue levels of serotonin (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE), and dopamine (DA) in prefrontal cortex (PFC) were quantified. Monoamine uptake assays were performed in mouse brain synaptosomes and MDCK cells stably expressing human organic cation transporter 2 (hOCT2), hOCT3, or human plasma membrane monoamine transporter (hPMAT).</p><p><p>3. Evodiamine significantly ameliorated CUMS-induced depressive-like behaviours and restored 5-HT, NE, and DA levels in the PFC. In synaptosomes, evodiamine concentration-dependently inhibited monoamine uptake. Additional studies using selective uptake-1 inhibitors indicated that uptake-2 transporters contributed substantially to these effects. Furthermore, evodiamine potently inhibited OCT2-, OCT3-, and PMAT-mediated uptake of monoamine neurotransmitters, with the strongest inhibitory activity observed towards hOCT3-mediated transport.</p><p><p>4. These findings suggest that the antidepressant-like effects of evodiamine are associated with enhanced monoaminergic neurotransmission through inhibition of uptake-2 transporters, highlighting its potential as a novel therapeutic candidate for depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148956833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>In vitro</i> assessments for pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction potential of vornorexant, a novel dual orexin 1/2 receptor antagonist.","authors":"Shunsuke Kamigaso, Yoshihiro Konno, Daiji Kambe, Kenji Hachiuma, Akiko Mizuno-Yasuhira","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2720767","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2720767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vornorexant, a novel dual orexin 1/2 receptor antagonist with a short half-life, has been approved in Japan for the treatment of insomnia. We performed <i>in vitro</i> assessments to evaluate the drug-drug interaction (DDI) potential of vornorexant and its metabolite M3 mediated by CYP enzymes and transporters.Human CYP reaction phenotyping studies indicated that vornorexant and M3 are primarily metabolised by CYP3A4, and to a lesser extent by CYP3A5 and CYP2C8.Vornorexant exhibited weak reversible and time-dependent inhibition of CYP3A. Both vornorexant and M3 showed the potential to induce CYP2B6 and CYP3A4. However, these effects were not considered to have any impact on causing DDIs at these unbound systemic concentrations at the clinical doses of vornorexant.Vornorexant was a weak substrate for P-gp but not for BCRP, OATP1B1 or OATP1B3.Vornorexant and M3 exhibited weak or no inhibitory effects against P-gp, BCRP, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OAT1, OAT3, OCT2, MATE1 and MATE2-K.These data suggest that while vornorexant might be an object drug of CYP3A precipitants, vornorexant is unlikely to cause clinically relevant DDIs mediated by either CYP enzymes or transporters involved in the metabolism and disposition of concomitantly administered drugs.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148888643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-09-06DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2720770
Jonny Nachtigall, Christine K Maurer, Marc Lecomte, Kai Schiemann, Rinat Zaynagetdinov, Tanja Reuter, Holger Scheible
{"title":"Preclinical pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of the dual adenosine A2A/A2B inhibitor muvadenant (M1069) in rats.","authors":"Jonny Nachtigall, Christine K Maurer, Marc Lecomte, Kai Schiemann, Rinat Zaynagetdinov, Tanja Reuter, Holger Scheible","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2720770","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2720770","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Muvadenant is a selective, dual A2A/A2B adenosine receptor antagonist that demonstrated anti-tumour efficacy in preclinical <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> models.In rats,<sup>14</sup>C-muvadenant related radioactivity was quickly and widely distributed throughout the body with highest exposure observed in metabolic/excretory and melanin containing tissues and the gastrointestinal tract and lowest in the central nervous system.Following single oral administration, 6.27% of the radioactive dose was excreted via urine and 90.3% via faeces with a total recovery of 97.6%. After single intravenous dosing, the amounts of radioactivity excreted via urine and faeces were 13.7% and 80.2%, respectively, with a total recovery of 94.6% within 7 days.Whereas the parent compound accounted for the majority of the circulating radioactivity (>50%), metabolism plays the dominant role in the elimination of muvadenant.Metabolite structures derived from <i>in vivo</i> profiles in rats and <i>in vitro</i> incubations across species revealed extensive phase 1 metabolism of muvadenant with comparable metabolic pathways in human and preclinical species.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148881612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive metabolic profiling and enzyme kinetics of <i>cis</i>-2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside in normal and hyperlipidemic rats.","authors":"Jiexin Qiu, Beibei Yao, Qing Yu, Jiajie Wang, Lingling Huang, Jiale Chen, Yufeng Lu, Chunying Wang","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2704708","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2704708","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Cis-</i>2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (<i>cis</i>-THSG), a photoisomer of the major bioactive component in <i>Polygoni Multiflori Radix Praeparata</i> (He-Shou-Wu), has enhanced hypolipidemic activity but is associated with idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity. Its metabolic fate under pathological conditions and key clearance enzymes remain unclear.This study aimed to compare metabolite profiles of <i>cis</i>-THSG in normal and hyperlipidemic rats <i>in vivo</i> and <i>in vitro</i>, identify metabolites, and characterise enzyme kinetics in rat liver microsomes (RLMs) and major CYP450 isoforms. Metabolites in plasma, urine, faeces, bile, and intestinal bacteria incubation fluids were analysed by UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS. Enzymatic kinetics and CYP450 isoforms were investigated <i>via</i> chemical inhibition assays.A total of 27 metabolites were characterised; <i>cis</i>-THSG underwent rapid glucoside hydrolysis, and its aglycone underwent phase I and II reactions. Hyperlipidaemia reduced metabolites to 20 and markedly increased plasma <i>cis</i>-THSG and aglycone abundance. Kinetic parameters were <i>K<sub>m</sub></i> 32.86 μmol/L, <i>V<sub>max</sub></i> 0.7285 μmol/(min·mg protein), <i>CL<sub>int</sub></i> 0.02217 L/(min·mg protein). Rat liver microsomal CYP isoforms analogous to human CYP3A4 and CYP2C9 mediated <i>cis</i>-THSG oxidative metabolism.This study provides the first comprehensive metabolite map of cis-THSG, identifies its aglycone as a potential bioactive form, and reveals a disease-related metabolic shift. CYP phenotyping offers a mechanistic basis for predicting clinical drug-drug interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"709-721"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
XenobioticaPub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-07-18DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2026.2704711
Jia Yao, Shunjun Yang, Ying Liu, Rong Ye, Yufen Liao, Yong Guo, Rong Tan, Tiantai Wu, Yang Jin, Gangyan Yu, Chang Lin, Weiwei Li, Shiyu Zhang, Jia Yu
{"title":"An LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous quantification of six components of <i>Angelicae pubescentis radix</i> and systematic evaluation of <i>Angelicae pubescentis radix</i> as a potential inhibitor of multiple cytochrome P450 enzymes.","authors":"Jia Yao, Shunjun Yang, Ying Liu, Rong Ye, Yufen Liao, Yong Guo, Rong Tan, Tiantai Wu, Yang Jin, Gangyan Yu, Chang Lin, Weiwei Li, Shiyu Zhang, Jia Yu","doi":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2704711","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00498254.2026.2704711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Quantitative analytical method was developed for six coumarin constituents in <i>Angelicae pubescentis radix</i> (APR), and the inhibitory effect of the herb's extract on cytochrome P450 enzymes was investigated.A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the simultaneous quantification of six coumarins (imperatorin, 8-methoxypsoralen, isopimpinellin, isoimperatorin, bergapten, and cnidilin) in APR. Concurrently, the inhibitory effects of its aqueous extract on multiple P450s were evaluated in rat liver microsomes using a 'Pittsburgh cocktail' approach.The method demonstrated excellent linearity (R<sup>2</sup> > 0.999), precision, stability, repeatability (RSD < 3.0%), and recovery (95.15-102.36%). The extract exhibited significant time-dependent inhibition of CYP1A2 (residual activity 58.2%), with weaker effects on other P450s.A robust LC-MS/MS method was successfully established. The extract of APR was identified as a potent time-dependent inhibitor of CYP1A2 in rat liver microsomes (RLMs), suggesting a potential risk for metabolism-based drug interactions in rats that warrants further investigation in human systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":23812,"journal":{"name":"Xenobiotica","volume":" ","pages":"744-754"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148473268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}