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Pharmacokinetics of DA-8159, a new erectogenic, after intravenous and oral administration to rats: hepatic and intestinal first-pass effects

Shim HJ, Kim YC, Park KJ, Kim DS, Kwon JW, Kim WB, Lee MG

Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2003

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to report dose-independent (after intravenous administration) and dose-dependent (after oral administration) area under the curve of plasma concentration versus time from time zero to time infinity (AUC), and gastric, intestinal, and/or hepatic first-pass effects (after intravenous, intraportal, intragastric, and intraduodenal administration) of DA-8159 [5-[2-propyloxy-5-(1-methyl-2-pyrollidinylethylamidosulfonyl)phenyl]-1-methyl-3-propyl-1,6-dihydro-7H-pyrazolo(4,3-d)pyrimidine-7-one], a new erectogenic, in rats. After intravenous administration at doses of 5, 10, and 30 mg/kg, the AUCs and time-averaged total body clearances (CLs) were dose-independent. However, the AUCs were dose-dependent after oral administration at doses of 20, 30, 50, and 100 mg/kg. This result could be due to saturation of first-pass effects at high doses. The extent of absolute oral bioavailability (F) of DA-8159 was 38.0% at a dose of 30 mg/kg. Considering almost complete absorption of DA-8159 from rat gastrointestinal tract ( approximately 99% of oral dose of 30 mg/kg), the low F could be due to considerable hepatic, gastric, and/or intestinal first-pass effects. After intravenous administration at three doses, the CLs were considerably slower than the reported cardiac output in rats, suggesting almost negligible first-pass effect of DA-8159 in the heart and lung. The AUCs were not significantly different between intragastric and intraduodenal administration of…

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