The metabolic profile of triprolidine, 2-[(4-methylphenyl)-3-(1-pyrrolidinyl-1-propenyl)] pyridine, was determined. Urinary extracts obtained with enzyme hydrolysis were derivatized with MSTFA/TMSCl (N-methyl-N-trimethylsilyl trifluoroacetamide/trimethylchlorosilane) and analyzed by GC/MSD. In human urine, which were obtained after the oral administration with triprolidine, hydroxymethyltriprolidine, triprolidine carboxylic acid, oxotriprolidine carboxylic acid and unchanged triprolidine were detected. The maximum urinary excretion rate of triprolidine and hydroxymethyltriprolidine which were extracted from human urine was at 2 to 4 hours after the drug administration. Triprolidine and hydroxymethyl triprolidine were identified by comparison with authentic standards In chromatographic and mass spectral properties. Triprolidine carboxylic acid was detected as a major metabolite of its metabolites in the urine. Oxotriprolidine carboxylic acid and triprolidine carboxylic acid were tentatively identified by the interpretation of its mass spectral patterns. These data suggest that in human, hydroxylation of either the benzyl or pyrrolidine ring can occur during triprolidine elimination.