文摘
The metabolism of the fluoroquinolone drugs ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin by Pestalotiopsis guepini strain P-8 was investigated. Cultures were grown at 28 °C in sucrose/peptone broth for 18 days after dosing with ciprofloxacin (300 µM) or norfloxacin (313 µM). Four major metabolites were produced from each drug; and these were purified by high-performance liquid chromatography and identified by mass spectrometry and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Ciprofloxacin metabolites included N-acetylciprofloxacin (52.0 % ), desethylene-N-acetylciprofloxacin (9.2 % ), N-formylciprofloxacin (4.2 % ), and 7-amino-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (2.3 % ). Norfloxacin metabolites included N-acetylnorfloxacin (55.4 % ), desethylene-N-acetylnorfloxacin (8.8 % ), N-formylnorfloxacin (3.6 % ), and 7-amino-1-ethyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (2.1 % ). N-Formylciprofloxacin and the four transformation products from norfloxacin are all known to be mammalian metabolites.