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SUBMITTER: Mercer SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2492381 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mercer Susan L SL Cunningham Christopher W CW Eddington Natalie D ND Coop Andrew A
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20080425 12
Numerous studies have shown that many clinically employed opioid analgesics are substrates for P-glycoprotein (P-gp), suggesting that up-regulation of P-gp may contribute to the development of central tolerance to opioids. The studies herein focus on the development of SAR for P-gp substrate activity in the meperidine series of opioids. Addition of a 3-OH to meperidine and the ketone analog of meperidine yielding bemidone and ketobemidone, respectively, significantly increased P-gp substrate aff ...[more]