Mode of action and quantitative structure–activity relationship of sulfonamides in biological systems of different complexity (enzymes, bacteria, rat, and human)
✍ Scribed by J. K. Seydel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 879 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7608
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The mode of action of sulfonamides is evaluated and described and the structural dependency of the inhibitory effect of sulfonamides against isolated enzymes as well as against whole cell bacteria is quantitatively described as a function of the variation of electronic and steric influences of the various substituents. In addition the structural dependence of various pharmacokinetic properties as rate of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion on structural changes in the sulfonamide molecules is quantitatively derived. In contrast to the preconditions for inhibitory activity, changes in lipophilicity play the dominant role in pharmacokinetics of sulfonamides.