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. 2019 Mar 22;20(6):1463. doi: 10.3390/ijms20061463

Table 3.

Pharmacokinetic parameters of detected compounds following oral/intravenous/intraperitoneal administration of bioactive compounds from AR.

Administration Species Dose Detected compounds Pharmacokinetic parameters
Cmax (ng/mL) Tmax (h) AUC(0-t) (h·ng/mL) AUC(0-∞) (h·ng/mL) MRT (min) T1/2 (h) CL (L·h-1·kg-1) Vd (L/kg) Vss (L/kg)
Formononetin, p.o. [217] Rat 50 mg/kg Formononetin 16.67 ± 6.60 1.00 ± 0.00 251.44 ± 63.67 278.27 ± 66.68 ND ND ND ND NA
Daidzin 8.99 ± 3.29 ND 145.58 ± 34.70 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Daidzin + Daidzin conjugates 301.33 ± 149.92 ND 5032.25 ± 530.22 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Formononetin conjugates 311.97 ± 97.36 ND 5231.46 ± 1219.91 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Daidzin conjugates 292.70 ± 146.20 ND 4886.67 ± 1498.49 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Formononetin + Formononetin conjugates 327.67 ± 100.72 3.42 ± 2.74 5482.90 ± 1276.11 6509.66 ± 720.47 ND ND ND ND NA
Formononetin, i.v. [217] Rat 10 mg/kg Formononetin 4548.50 ± 321.73 NA 1949.10 ± 295.09 1975.88 ± 317.15 ND 1.95 ± 0.48 5.13 ± 0.82 14.16 ± 1.26 NA
Daidzin 434 ± 19.80 NA 279.72 ± 52.03 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Daidzin + Daidzin conjugates 494 ± 5.66 NA 1663.89 ± 5.72 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Formononetin conjugates 962.00 ± 311.13 NA 3003.64 ± 321.79 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Daidzin conjugates 308.20 ± 95.32 NA 1356.60 ± 42.89 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Formononetin + Formononetin conjugates 5180 ± 367.70 NA 4976.60 ± 648.18 5098.57 ± 765.53 ND 5.09 ± 1.61 ND 14.23 ± 2.41 NA
Formononetin, i.v. [216] Rat 10 mg/kg Formononetin 3207 NA 1683.86 1773.40 ND 10.34 5.63 84.14 NA
Formononetin + Formononetin conjugates 3676 NA 4317.62 4595.71 ND 7.18 2.17 22.54 NA
Daidzin 305.73 NA 243.68 263.86 ND 2.53 ND ND NA
Daidzin + Daidzin conjugates 347.73 NA 1625.02 1773.89 ND 6.85 ND ND NA
Formononetin, p.o. [218] Rat 20 mg/kg Formononetin 81.04 ± 9.63 0.5 ± 0.0 191.38 ± 12.39 203.26 ± 12.93 ND 2.10 ± 0.28 ND NA NA
Formononetin, i.v. [218] Rat 4 mg/kg Formononetin 349.48 ± 34.63 NA 174.99 ± 23.90 184.97 ± 24.71 ND 2.23 ± 0.6 4.3 ± 0.8 13.9 ± 1.0 ND
CG, i.v. [223] Rat 0.5 mg/kg CG 446.1 ± 84.6 NA 89.33 ± 17.00 89.83 ± 17.00 ND 0.38 ± 0.14 ND ND ND
CG glucuronide 5.41 ± 1.22 0.57 ± 0.30 10.00 ± 5.17 12.83 ± 5.33 ND 0.95 ± 0.33 ND ND ND
C-3′-G 10.11 ± 3.17 0.32 ± 0.09 34.00 ± 23.83 54.83 ± 50.55 ND 4.11 ± 3.41 ND ND ND
CG, p.o. [223] Rat 10 mg/kg CG 7.46 ± 3.76 0.28 ± 0.11 5.33 ± 1.83 5.50 ± 2.67 ND 1.52 ± 0.46 ND ND NA
CG glucuronide 51.29 ± 15.7 1.00 ± 0.39 106.33 ± 55.17 106.67 ± 55.50 ND 1.03 ± 0.24 ND ND NA
C-3′-G 1189.66 ± 346.95 0.96 ± 0.43 1574.50 ± 346.00 1852.67 ± 569.67 ND 2.86 ± 1.21 ND ND NA
CG, i.p. [223] Rat 10 mg/kg CG 965.24 ± 133.53 0.25 ± 0.06 1199.67 ± 373.83 1210.67 ± 368.00 ND 1.29 ± 0.30 ND ND NA
CG glucuronide 322.24 ± 125.53 1.10 ± 0.42 1681.33 ± 642.67 2422.50 ± 1118.33 ND 6.65 ± 4.85 ND ND NA
C-3′-G 221.62 ± 86.60 1.10 ± 0.42 1151.83 ± 443.33 1651.83 ± 765.00 ND 6.57 ± 4.82 ND ND NA
CG, p.o. [224] Rat 120 mg/kg CG 1870.00 ± 360.00 0.67 ± 0.08 1595.33 ± 472.33 1679.67 ± 509.00 ND 0.19 ± 0.02 (Ka); 0.26 ± 0.02 (Ke) 71.40 ± 16.20 ND NA
Ononin, p.o. [218] Rat 20 mg/kg Ononin (1) 2.11 ± 11.23
(2) 4.63 ± 3.62
(1) 0.5 ± 0.0
(2) 4.0 ± 0.0
68.95 ± 16.83 74.59 ± 18.55 ND 1.82 ± 0.56 ND ND NA
Formononetin (1) 44 ± 2.71
(2) 0.52 ± 3.35
(1) 1.0 ± 0.0
(2) 5.7 ± 0.0
85.09 ± 13.17 ND ND NA ND ND NA
Ononin, i.v. [218] Rat 4 mg/kg Ononin 491.61 ± 44.42 NA 189.17 ± 23.29 199.62 ± 25.87 ND 1.92 ± 0.8 6.6 ± 0.9 18.4 ± 1.5 ND
AS-IV, p.o. [225] Rat 20 mg/kg AS-IV 92.4 ± 14.2 1.0 ± 0.5 419.50 ± 126.65 420.41 ± 129.01 ND t1/2α = 0.89 ± 0.37; t1/2β = 22.02 ± 8.26 0.045 ± 0.013 0.19 ± 0.15 NA
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (male) 0.75 mg/kg AS-IV 3790 NA ND 4816.67 122 1.64 0.3 0.39 0.63
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (female) 0.75 mg/kg AS-IV 5180 NA ND 2550 47.4 0.57 0.3 0.14 0.23
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (male) 1.5 mg/kg AS-IV 6980 NA ND 6700 95.2 1.12 0.42 0.43 0.71
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (female) 1.5 mg/kg AS-IV 4800 NA ND 4966.67 90.1 1.12 0.18 0.16 0.23
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (male) 3 mg/kg AS-IV 7790 NA ND 8666.67 98.7 1.20 0.36 0.38 0.57
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Rat (female) 3 mg/kg AS-IV 7240 NA ND 9183.33 149 2.48 0.18 0.21 0.41
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (male) 0.25 mg/kg AS-IV 1110 ± 280 NA ND 1218.33 ± 516.67 71.5 ± 7.0 0.87 ± 0.14 0.24 ± 0.06 0.23 ± 0.05 0.32 ± 0.13
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (female) 0.25 mg/kg AS-IV 1130 ± 40 NA ND 1096.67 ± 300.00 82.8 ± 29 1.05 ± 0.37 0.24 ± 0.06 0.22 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.04
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (male) 0.5 mg/kg AS-IV 4390 ± 2600 NA ND 2600.00 ± 121.67 75.5 ± 6.9 1.00 ± 0.14 0.24 ± 0.06 0.14 ± 0.07 0.32 ± 0.09
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (female) 0.5 mg/kg AS-IV 3480 ± 1600 NA ND 2883.33 ± 766.67 78.0 ± 8.5 1.12 ± 0.13 0.24 ± 0.06 0.16 ± 0.07 0.31 ± 0.06
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (male) 1 mg/kg AS-IV 7920 ± 3700 NA ND 6033.33 ± 1316.67 83.0 ± 23 1.15 ± 0.35 0.24 ± 0.06 0.14 ± 0.07 0.28 ± 0.08
AS-IV, i.v. [226] Dog (female) 1 mg/kg AS-IV 8860 ± 2500 NA ND 5916.67 ± 1366.67 64.8 ± 16 0.84 ± 0.22 0.18 ± 0.06 0.12 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.04
AS-IV, i.v. [227] Rat 2.5 mg/kg AS-IV ND NA ND 5990 ND 3.37 0.42 0.77 ND
AS-IV, p.o. [228] Rat 20 mg/kg AS-IV 374 0.43 ND 1062 ND t1/2α = 0.30; t1/2β = 4.65; 0.43 0.56 NA
AS-IV, p.o. [229] Rat 10 mg/kg AS-IV 27.08 ± 16.17 2.00 ± 63 85.56 ± 43.17 ND ND 1.71 ± 1.16 ND ND NA
Cycloastragenol 3.48 ± 2.34 9.67 ± 0.82 13.15 ± 8,78 ND ND ND ND ND NA
Iso-cycloastragenol 7.02 ± 3.68 8.00 ± 0.00 38.23 ± 17.22 ND ND 4.77 ± 3.26 ND ND NA
AS-IV, i.v. [229] Rat 1.5 mg/kg AS-IV 7865.40 ± 570.67 NA 7917.21 ± 1038.52 ND ND 1.29 ± 0.41 ND ND ND
Cycloastragenol 1.21 ± 0.22 8.33 ± 0.82 2.73 ± 0.79 ND ND ND ND ND ND
Iso-cycloastragenol 2.98 ± 0.86 8.00 ± 0.00 15.80 ± 2.60 ND ND 3.05 ± 1.06 ND ND ND
AS-IV, i.v. [230] Dog 0.5 mg/kg AS-IV ND NA 1998.22 2104 222.61 2.953 0.24 ND 0.74
AS-IV, i.v. [230] Dog 1 mg/kg AS-IV ND NA 4380 4604.67 232.48 3.28 0.24 ND 0.61
AS-IV, i.v. [230] Dog 2 mg/kg AS-IV ND NA 11706.67 12075.17 241.80 4.03 0.18 ND 0.61
AS-IV, p.o. [230] Dog 10 mg/kg AS-IV ND NA 3368.33 3400.83 261.14 3.83 0.6 ND 2.61

p.o., oral administration; i.v., intravenous administration; i.p., intraperitoneal administration; C-3′-G, calycosin-3′-glucuronide; CG, calycosin-7-β-glucoside; CG-3′-G, CG-3′-glucuronide; F-7-G, formononetin-7-glucuronide; D-7-G, daidzein-7-glucuronide; AS-IV, astragaloside IV. NA, not applicable; ND, not determined.