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. 2017 Sep 5;83(12):2687–2694. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13389

Table 4.

Comparison of caffeine pharmacokinetics after administration of 100 mg of caffeine between different formulations

Cmax
(ng ml–1)
Tmax
(h)
AUC
(ng ml–1 × h)
V/F/kg
(l kg–1)
CL/F/kg
(l h–1 kg–1)

(h)
Study
Capsule 1840 ± 700 1.56 ± 0.76 14 700 ± 7260 0.77 ± 0.38 0.116 ± 0.070 4.3 Kamimori 7
Gum 1200 ± 510 1.25 ± 0.77 10 900 ± 7000 1.17 ± 0.17 0.171 ± 0.100 4.6 Kamimori 7
ED 1939 ± 341 0.88 ± 0.57 17 569 ± 6869 0.71 ± 0.09 0.089 ± 0.035 6.0 Laizure
AeroShot 1790 ± 686 1.34 ± 0.83 15 579 ± 8387 0.87 ± 0.43 0.135 ± 0.128 5.3 Laizure
ED 1963* 1.17 ± 0.73 21948* 0.71 ± 0.41 0.090 ± 0.048 6.7 White 15
Coffee (hot) 2338* 0.98 ± 0.45 24083* 0.62 ± 0.13 0.072 ± 0.036 6.8 White 15
*

Caffeine dose 160 mg. Cmax and AUC normalized to 100 mg caffeine dose.

Cmax, peak caffeine plasma concentration; AUC, area under the concentration–time curve; Tmax, time of peak caffeine plasma concentration; CL/F, clearance/bioavailability; V/F, volume of distribution/bioavailability