PHARMACOKINETICS OF PRIMAQUINE IN MAN .1. STUDIES OF THE ABSOLUTE BIOAVAILABILITY AND EFFECTS OF DOSE SIZE
PHARMACOKINETICS OF PRIMAQUINE IN MAN .1. STUDIES OF THE ABSOLUTE BIOAVAILABILITY AND EFFECTS OF DOSE SIZE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2125.1985.tb02709.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
BRECKENRIDGE, AM
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作者:
MIHALY, GW;WARD, SA;BRECKENRIDGE, AM
The pharmacokinetics of primaquine [an antimalarial drug] were examined in 5 healthy volunteers who received single oral doses of 15, 30 and 45 mg of the drug, on separate occasions. Each subject received an i.v. tracer dose of [14C]-primaquine (7.5 .mu.Ci), simultaneously with the 45 mg oral dose. Absorption or primaquine was virtually complete with a mean absolute bioavailability of 0.96 .+-. 0.08. Elimination half-life, oral clearance and apparent volume of distribution for both primaquine and the carboxylic acid metabolite were unaffected by either dose size, or route of administration. The relationships between area under the curve and dose size were linear for both primaquine (r = 0.99, P .ltoreq. 0.01) and its carboxylic acid metabolite (r = 0.99, P .ltoreq. 0.01). The mean whole blood to plasma concentration ratio were determined for primaquine (0.81), and for the carboxylic acid metabolite of primaquine (0.84). Primaquine is a low clearance compound (CL = 24.2 .+-. 7.4 1/h), is extensively distributed into body tissues (V [volume of distribution] = 242.9 .+-. 69.51) and is not subject to extensive first pass metabolism.