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. 2012 Apr 17;2012:959070. doi: 10.1155/2012/959070

Table 1.

Model parameters for the ethanol PBPK.

Physiological parameters of the model PBPK for ethanol

 Body weight 70
 Cardiac output (L/h/kg)0.75 18
 Alveolar ventilation (L/h/kg)0.75 18
 Absorbed fraction 0.62

Fraction of cardiac output to each compartment

 Fat 0.05
 Liver 0.25
 Rapidly perfused 0.39
 Slowly perfused 0.19
 Brain 0.12

 Total 1.00

Fraction of body volume compartments

 Fat 0.213
 Liver 0.0257
 Rapidly perfused 0.0443
 Slowly perfused 0.607
 Brain 0.02

 Total 0.91

Physicochemical and metabolic parameters

Partition coefficients
 Blood: air 2280
 Fat: air 226
 Liver: air 1730
 Rapidly perfused: air 2030
 Slowly perfused: air 1710
 Brain: air 1870

Liver metabolic parameter

 Metabolism rate (mg/h/kg)0.75 359.5
 Affinity constant (mg/L) 82.1