25-desacetyl rifampicin, also known as 25-deacetyl-rifampicin, is the main metabolite of rifampicin. It has partial activity. Rifampicin mainly treats various forms of tuberculosis. High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic can be used to determine the metabolism of rifampicin in the body by checking the concentration of 25-desacetyl rifampicin in the urine or blood of tuberculosis patients[1-3].
[1]Chik Z, et al. A bioequivalence comparison of two formulations of rifampicin (300- vs 150-mg capsules): An open-label, randomized, two-treatment, two-way crossover study in healthy volunteers. Clinical Therapeutics, 2011.
[2] Mohan B, et al.Evaluation of the recently reported USP gradient HPLC method for analysis of anti-tuberculosis drugs for its ability to resolve degradation products of rifampicin. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2003; 31: 607-612.
[3] Lily, et al. The influence of mutation gene rpoB of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster I (507-534) on the elimination 25-desacetyl rifampicin in urine of tuberculosis subjects. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2018; 1755-1315.
