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  • 标题:Pharmacokinetics of Epinastine and a Possible Mechanism for Double Peaks in Oral Plasma Concentration Profiles
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  • 作者:Taro OGISO ; Masafusa KASUTANI ; Hiroaki TANAKA
  • 期刊名称:Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • 印刷版ISSN:0918-6158
  • 电子版ISSN:1347-5215
  • 出版年度:2001
  • 卷号:24
  • 期号:7
  • 页码:790-794
  • DOI:10.1248/bpb.24.790
  • 出版社:The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
  • 摘要:The pharmacokinetics of epinastine (EPN), an anti-allergic agent, was investigated in rats. The plasma concentration-time profile of EPN after intravenous (i.v.) administration was triexponential. After oral administration of EPN (7.5 and 20 mg/kg), the drug was rapidly absorbed, and Cmax was reached 2 h after dosing. A minor secondary peak was observed in EPN plasma concentration-time profiles at both doses. The bioavailability of EPN after oral dosing was 41 and 40%. The kinetic parameters (T1/2, AUC and MRT) for unlabeled EPN were much smaller than those for 14C-EPN, which has already been reported. The total biliary excretion of EPN at a 7.5 mg/kg dose was 15.5% of the dose, but the percentage of conjugates in bile was extremely low and about 11% of the total biliary excretion. The increase in the plasma concentration in bile duct-linked rats after oral administration of EPN (20 mg/kg) was not observed, indicating that a secondary increase in drug concentration based on enterohepatic circulation was ruled out. When the gastrointestinal (GI)-transit of phenol red (PR) after oral administration of EPN (20 mg/kg) was estimated, the GI-transit of PR was significantly delayed, and at 3—4 h after dosing half of the PR dose reached the jejunum. The remaining EPN in the small intestine after oral administration (7.5 mg/kg) reached peak levels 2 h after dosing, but then partly increased again at 4 h. As a result, it was clarified that the double peaks observed after oral doses are mainly due to the delayed absorption of a part of EPN, based on the reduction in gastric motility caused by the drug.
  • 关键词:epinastine pharmacokinetics;biliary excretion;enterohepatic circulation;secondary peak;GI transit
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