ArticleDrug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals2021
3,3'-Diindolylmethane Exhibits Significant Metabolism after Oral Dosing in Humans.
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- Benzo[a]pyrene toxicokinetics in humans following dietary supplementation with 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) or Brussels sprouts.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2023Trial
- Does Genetic Variation in Detoxification Capacity Influence Hepatic Biomarker Responses to a Liver Support Supplementation Regimen?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Cruciferous Vegetables, Bioactive Metabolites, and Microbiome for Breast Cancer Prevention.Annual review of nutrition · 2025Review
- 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid prevents 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced motor function deficits.Behavioural pharmacology · 2025Article
- TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin) induces depression-like phenotype.Neurotoxicology · 2024Article
- Selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators can act as antidepressants in obese female mice.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Intestinal epithelium aryl hydrocarbon receptor is involved in stress sensitivity and maintaining depressive symptoms.Behavioural brain research · 2023Article
- Synthetic Methodologies and Therapeutic Potential of Indole-3-Carbinol (I3C) and Its Derivatives.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Sex-dependent differences in the stress mitigating and antidepressant effects of selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulators.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- 3,3'-Diindolylmethane and 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid prevent chronic mild stress induced depressive-like behaviors in female mice.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- 3,3'-Diindolylmethane plus Eflornithine suppress DNA Replication and Cell Cycle in Esophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaJournal of Cancer · 2022Article
- Indoles Derived From Glucobrassicin: Cancer Chemoprevention by Indole-3-Carbinol and 3,3'-Diindolylmethane.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Review
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Abstract
3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM), a major phytochemical derived from ingestion of cruciferous vegetables, is also a dietary supplement. In preclinical models, DIM is an effective cancer chemopreventive agent and has been studied in a number of clinical trials. Previous pharmacokinetic studies in preclinical and clinical models have not reported DIM metabolites in plasma or urine after oral dosing, and the pharmacological actions of DIM on target tissues is assumed to be solely via the parent compound. Seven subjects (6 males and 1 female) ranging from 26-65 years of age, on a cruciferous vegetable-restricted diet prior to and during the study, took 2 BioResponse DIM 150-mg capsules (45.3 mg DIM/capsule) every evening for one week with a final dose the morning of the first blood draw. A complete time course was performed with plasma and urine collected over 48 hours and analyzed by UPLC-MS/MS. In addition to parent DIM, two monohydroxylated metabolites and 1 dihydroxylated metabolite, along with their sulfate and glucuronide conjugates, were present in both plasma and urine. Results reported here are indicative of significant phase 1 and phase 2 metabolism and differ from previous pharmacokinetic studies in rodents and humans, which reported only parent DIM present after oral administration. 3-((1
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