Fig. 3.

Calibration curves for quantifying T1AM were generated by a linear regression of the peak area ratios (T1AM/T1AM-d4) determined for rat serum calibrants versus specified T1AM concentration (standard deviation indicated, A). T1AM was quantified from rat serum (n=3) after IV injection with 20 mg/kg T1AM. A semi-logarithmic plot is shown for serum concentration versus time (standard deviation indicated, B). A linear regression for the elimination phase for T1AM resulted in an equation y = −0.0146x + 0.276 with a correlation coefficient (r2) = 0.999. From the slope K was determined as 0.0146 min−1, allowing calculation of a biological half-life (t1/2) value for T1AM of 48 min.