“…However, the differences in stereochemical properties of the two enantiomers had pronounced impacts on their pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. As a consequence of the numerous merits of R-(+)-lansoprazole, such as the slower metabolism, higher plasma concentration, longer elimination half-time and greater systemic exposure, it was developed and approved for marketing as a novel proton-pump inhibitor with the trade name Dexilant in 2009 (Gomes, Cassiano, Pedrazzoli, & Cass, 2010;Hershcovici, Jha, & Fass, 2011;Katsuki, Hamada, Nakamura, Arimori, & Nakano, 2001;Metz, Vakily, & Dixit, 2009). In addition, research on the extent of enantioselective binding of lansoprazole enantiomers to human serum proteins demonstrated that R-(+)lansoprazole was more tightly bound to serum proteins than S-(−)lansoprazole (Zhou, Yan, Pan, & Zeng, 2008).…”