Relative amounts of bound and free bupropion in maternal and fetal media in absence (3A) and presence (3B) of human serum albumin (HSA) following its perfusion for 4 hours.
(3A) In media of the maternal circuit devoid of added HSA: 17 ± 17% of bupropion was bound and the remainder was free. In the fetal circuit, bupropion was in its free form.
(3B) In presence of 30 mg/mL HSA (physiologic concentration) added to media of both maternal and fetal circuits: elution of bupropion in the void volume of the column increased to 24 ± 12% in the maternal circuit. In the fetal circuit, bupropion was eluted 11 ± 4% as bound fraction.