The local tolerability of lornoxicam (Xefo) after single and repeated intraarticular administration was assessed in the rabbit and compared to established standard therapies (hyaluronic acid--Synvisc and the glucocorticoid triamcinolone--Triam), and the results are discussed in the context of the literature. Two local tolerance studies were performed using five male rabbits per group. Lornoxicam and competitor products were administered into the right knee joint in a volume of 500 μL. The contralateral left knee joint of the same animal was used as the control and was injected with water for injection. Three out of five animals were killed 72 h after the last administration, whereas the remaining two animals were subjected to a 2- or 6-week recovery period in the first and the second study, respectively. Findings revealed adaptive changes related to the mechanical irritation of the injection and to adaptive responses of the synoviocytes, but no signs of toxicity to bone or chondrotoxicity. Toxicokinetic analysis showed a fast and almost complete absorption of lornoxicam from the joints into the systemic circulation. As a conclusion, repeated intraarticular administration of lornoxicam was well tolerated in rabbits.

The behaviour of p-nitrophenol and synthetic p-nitrophenol-glucuronide with mineral acids has been investigated. With sulfuric acid (33%) about 93% of the glucuronide derivative have been hydrolysed; the solution was heated in open vessel for 15 sec. With hydrochloric acid (6%) only about 65% of the conjugated p-nitrophenol have been converted to the free form. No losses were detected, when free p-nitrophenol was treated under the same conditions. Three other methods of hydrolysis have been applied.

The behaviour of the glucuronide derivative of 2'-hydroxymethylmethaqualone with hydrochloric acid was investigated. Three methods of hydrolysis were selected. With method I(12-13% HCl; 30 min at 100 degrees C) about 27% and with method II (20% HCl; 6 min heated azeotrope in open vessel) about 94-95% of the glucuronide derivative was hydrolyzed. With method III (approx. 5% HCl; 30 min at 100 degrees C) only about 3% of the conjugated compound was converted to the free form.

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Abstract-l,3-Diaminopropanes exhibit strong elimination of amines from the molecular ions upon electron-impact. This is followed by secondary reactions in the course of which a substituent from the C-2 of the propane unit is eliminated and also a N-substituent to a smaller degree. Lowering the electron density at only one nitrogen atom by appropriate substituents causes a decrease in the intensity1 of both [M -aminel+' ions. The corresponding fragmentation processes were investigated by means of deuterium labelling. Zusammenfassung-1.3-Diaminopropane spalten beim ElektronenstoOinduzierten