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. 2011 Jun 13;63(10):923–942. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2011.05.019

Table 3.

Summary of drugs that have been reported to present different degrees of intestinal lymphatic transport.

Compound Log P Formulation and feeding status Species Percentage (%) of absorbed dose in lymph Reference
Δ4-androstan-17-β-methoxycyclopentyl ether (Δ4-AE) 6.6 Long chain triglyceride Rat 96.77 Ichihashi et al. [177]
2α,3α-epithio-5α-androstan-17-one (KEP) 3 Long chain triglyceride Rat 7.98 Ichihashi et al. [177]
5α-androst-2-en-17-one (KO) 4.6 Long chain triglyceride Rat 6.49 Ichihashi et al. [177]
CI-976 5.8 Long chain triglyceride Rat 43 Hauss et al. [179]
CI-976 5.83 Triglyceride emulsion Rat < 1 Hauss et al. [179]
Cyclosporin A 2.99 Micellar solution Rat ~ 2 Takada et al. [283]
Cyclosporin A 2.99 Long chain triglyceride Rat 2.16 Ueda et al. [276]
Dehydrotestosterone-17β-methoxycyclopentyl ether (DHTE) 5.4 Long chain triglyceride Rat 28.35 Ichihashi et al. [177]
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) 6.19 Triglyceride emulsion Rat 15 Myers and Stella [178]
Epitiostanol 4.4 Long chain triglyceride Rat 4.53 Ichihashi et al. [284]
Etretinate 7.8 Long chain triglyceride Rat 25.71 Nankervis et al. [278]
Halofantrine 8.5 Emulsion Rat 12 Porter et al. [133]
Halofantrine 8.5 Micellar Rat 18 Porter et al. [133]
Halofantrine 8.5 Triglyceride lipid Rat 17 Porter et al. [132]
Halofantrine 8.5 Micellar Rat 20 Porter et al. [132]
Halofantrine 8.5 Long chain triglyceride Rat 16 Caliph et al. [152]
Halofantrine 8.5 Fasted Dog 1.3 Khoo et al. [282]
Halofantrine 8.5 Fed Dog 54 Khoo et al. [94]
Halofantrine (hydrochloride salt) 8.5 Fatty acid/monoglycerol solution Rat ~ 5 Porter et al. [132]
Halofantrine (hydrochloride salt) 8.5 Fed Dog 44 Khoo et al. [282]
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) 6.53 Triglyceride emulsion Rat ~ 3 Myers and Stella [178]
Isotretinoin 6.8 Long chain triglyceride Rat 1.99 Nankervis et al. [278]
Lu28-179 8 Triglyceride emulsion Rat 4.5 Neilson et al. [285]
Mepitiostane (prodrug of Epitiostanol) 6.06 Triglyceride Rat 41 Ichihashi et al. [243]
Mepitiostane (prodrug of Epitiostanol) 6 Long chain triglyceride Rat 92.59 Ichihashi et al. [284]
Mepitiostaneolefin 5.1 Long chain triglyceride Rat 97.67 Ichihashi et al. [177]
MK-386 8.6 Triglyceride Rat 0.1 Kwei et al. [286]
MK-386 8 Long chain triglyceride Rat 1.67 Kwei et al. [286]
Ontazolast 4 Triglyceride emulsion Rat 1.25 Hauss et al. [277]
Ontazolast 4 SEEDS Rat 0.7 Hauss et al. [277]
Ontazolast 4 Long chain triglyceride Rat 69.6 Hauss et al. [179]
p,p-DDT 6.2 Long chain triglyceride Rat 51.6 O'Driscoll et al. [281]
Penclomedine 5.48 Triglyceride emulsion Rat ~ 3 Myers and Stella [178]
Progesterone 3.9 Long chain triglyceride Rat 0.82 Ichihashi et al. [177]
Temarotene 8.7 Long chain triglyceride Rat 45.67 Nankervis et al. [278]
Testosterone 3.3 Long chain triglyceride Rat 0.11 Ichihashi et al. [177]
Testosterone-17-β-methoxycyclopentyl ether 6.2 Long chain triglyceride Rat 12.48 Ichihashi et al. [177]
Vitamin D3 7.9 Triglyceride emulsion Rat 19.2 Liu et al. [287]