(R)-Carvedilol

(R)-Carvedilol is a non-selective blocker of β α-1. (R)-Carvedilol exerts protection against the vascular or cardiac toxicity of Doxorubicin (DOX).

(R,S)-Carvedilol glucuronide is a racemic mixture of the carvedilol metabolites (R)-carvedilol glucuronide and (S)-carvedilol glucuronide. (R)-Carvedilol glucuronide is formed via glucuronidation of (R)-carvedilol by the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoforms UGT1A1 and UGT2B4. (S)-Carvedilol glucuronide is formed via glucuronidation of (S)-carvedilol by UGT2B4 and UGT2B7.