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In vivo incorporation of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine into pigmented and nonpigmented hair of rats measured by HPLC-fluorescence detection

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The incorporation profiles for fenfluramine (Fen) and its metabolite norfenfluramine (Norf) into black hair and white hair of Zucker rats and into white hair of Wistar rats after intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of Fen or N-nitrosofenfluramine (N-Fen) were studied in great detail. The target compounds were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection using 4-(4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)benzoyl chloride as a derivatization reagent. After repeated i.p. administration of Fen (5 mg/kg) for 4 days to Zucker rats, shaft and root samples of black and white hair were obtained 1 week after the first administration. It was surprising that Fen and Norf levels in root samples of white hair were much higher than those in shaft or root samples of black hair, strongly suggesting that unknown mechanisms other than the action of melanin take place in the white hair root. Time course profiles for Fen and Norf after administration of a single i.p. dose of Fen or N-Fen were constructed for Zucker and Wistar rats. The percent level of Fen or Norf in white hair was 15–50% of that in black hair at any interval within 600 min after a single administration of Fen in Zucker rats. Even with Wistar rats having only white hair, we could demonstrate the time courses for incorporation of Fen and Norf into white hair. Finally, time course profiles for Fen and Norf were also followed after a single i.p. administration of N-Fen; this experiment showed that the levels of Norf were much higher than those of Fen for both black and white hair samples of Zucker rats at any interval tested.

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    Amal Kaddoumi, Mitsuhiro Wada & Kenichiro Nakashima

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Kaddoumi, A., Wada, M. & Nakashima, K. In vivo incorporation of fenfluramine and norfenfluramine into pigmented and nonpigmented hair of rats measured by HPLC-fluorescence detection. Forensic Toxicol 29, 44–50 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-010-0105-y

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