The effects of aging on acetaminophen metabolism and elimination in male Fischer 344 rats were examined after intravenous injection of 300 mg/kg. Age as a variable had only a small effect on the total clearance of acetaminophen. However, the fraction of administered dose recovered from urine as acetaminophen sulfate and the partial clearance to acetaminophen sulfate decreased while the fraction recovered as acetaminophen glucuronide and the partial clearance to acetaminophen glucuronide increased with increasing age. Renal clearances of acetaminophen and acetaminophen glucuronide were unchanged while that of acetaminophen sulfate decreased. These data point to an age-related decrease in sulfation and increase in glucuronidation of acetaminophen and further emphasize that the major conjugated metabolites are excreted by renal transport processes that operate under separate control. Moreover, they raise the possibility that advancing age may be accompanied by a general decline in processes that govern sulfate conjugate formation and elimination.

Keywords:
Sulfation, Glucuronidation, Acetaminophen, Aging, Metabolites, Renal clearance, Pharmacokinetics
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© 1986 S. Karger AG, Basel
1986
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