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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2017 Nov 23;1072:320–327. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2017.11.026

Table 6.

Blood and tissues concentration (ng/mL) and tissue to blood concentration ratio (Kp) of HCQ, DCQ, BDCQ and DHCQ after 5 mg/kg Intra venous administration of HCQ (mean ± SD, n=5).

Analytes Time (hr) Blood Conc. (ng/mL) Liver Conc. (ng/g) Kidney Conc. (ng/g) Spleen Conc. (ng/g) Lungs Conc. (ng/g) Heart Conc. (ng/g)
HCQ 6 131.2 ±24.0 1,918.3±130.3 1,465.4±441.5 1,899.9±103.1 3,395.9±611.4 816.11±279.4
24 58.6±26.3 700.6±347.1 887.7±541.0 673.1±350.5 1,739.3±1214.6 461.18±288.4
72 4.7±1.2 26.8±41.6 89.8 ±46.4 41.0±37.8 147.5±72.9 31.1±11.8

DCQ 6 24.5±3.9 1,322.4±143.6 530.7 ±160.6 340.0±17.9 417.0±92.4 121.6±32.9
24 12.7±6.3 453.4±196.4 473.8 ±297.4 144.5±74.8 277.7±177.6 92.2±48.4
72 1.3±1.3 53.1±26.7 78.7 ±33.7 24.5±18.5 50.4±10 15.9±2.7

BDCQ 6 2.1±0.7 671.8±135.6 116.4±25.1 50.6±6.9 73.8±19.9 22.9±7.3
24 2.1±0.8 294.4±148.9 128.7±71.8 31.6±16.1 64.0±53.4 23.7±12.6
72 1.4±0.7 173.3±103.9 69.9±28.2 19.1±14.3 31.7±9.6 15.7±3.3

HDCQ 6 10.1±2.4 1,957.5±315.2 254.7±149.6 298.7±19 212.4±37.7 66.3±20.4
24 10.3±3.1 1,021.2±560.5 302.5±186.1 163.6±86.7 178.3±120.5 58.6±28.8
72 5.6±2.9 277.9±83.1 103.6±38.1 69.0±74.3 61.9±13.6 22.9±2.21

Tissue to blood concentration ratio (Kp) Mean ± SD
Time (hr) Liver (Kp) Kidney (Kp) Spleen (Kp) Lungs (Kp) Heart (Kp)

HCQ 6 to 72 NA 10.8±4.6 15.2±4.0 11.6±2.9 29.0±2.9 6.9±0.9
DCQ 6 to 72 NA 43.2±9.6 39.4±18.9 14.6±3.6 25.6±11.0 8.1±3.6
BDCQ 6 to 72 NA 195.4±110.1 55.7±5.4 17.7±5.8 29.5±6.4 11.2±0.2
HDCQ 6 to 72 NA 114.3±73.1 24.4±5.4 19.3±9.1 16.5±5.0 5.5±1.2

Abbreviation: Kp: Tissue to blood concentration ratio, NA: Not applicable.