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. 2015 Oct 23;13(10):6521–6536. doi: 10.3390/md13106521

Table 6.

Pharmacokinetic parameters of fucoxanthin and fucoxanthinol in rats after i.g. (intragastric gavage) fucoxanthin administration at 65 mg/kg body wt.

Parameters Unit Fucoxanthin Fucoxanthinol
Mean S.D. Mean S.D.
Cmax μg/L 29.1 4.4 263.3 93.9
Tmax h 7.7 0.8 11 1.1
AUC0–t μg·h/L 191.1 39.6 5017.6 1371.0
AUC0–∞ μg·h/L 195.1 42.2 5304.2 1266.9
t1/2 h 1.2 0.6 9.3 5.8
CL L/h/kg 347.8 81.8 12.8 3.1
Vd L/kg 550.2 226.1 181.5 142.4