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. 2012 Sep 19;83(8):1616–1622. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2012.09.011

Table 3.

Main pharmacokinetic parameters of luteolin, apigenin, chrysoeriol and diosmetin in rats after oral administration of 100 mg/kg FCE with or without co-administration of entacapone (20 mg/kg).

Parameters Apigenin
Luteolin
FCE FCE + entacapone FCE FCE + entacapone
AUC (0–12) mg/l ∗ h 36.25 ± 16 54.39 ± 24 3.971 ± 1.2 5.862 ± 1.4*
MRT (0–12) h 9.46 ± 1.1 9.25 ± 0.9 2.589 ± 0.51 2.585 ± 0.52
t1/2z h 18.44 ± 12 10.98 ± 5.2 2.805 ± 0.9 6.671 ± 7.4
CLz/F l/h/kg 0.0876 ± 0.060 0.06940 ± 0.046 1.515 ± 0.45 0.818 ± 0.51
Vz/F l/kg 2.497 ± 1.5 1.305 ± 0.9 5.975 ± 2.1 4.598 ± 2.8
Cmax mg/l 3.310 ± 0.73 4.567 ± 1.5 1.684 ± 0.21 2.466 ± 0.69



Parameters Chrysoeriol Diosmetin

FCE FCE + entacapone FCE FCE + entacapone

AUC (0–12) mg/l ∗ h 1.468 ± 0.09 1.017 ± 0.17*** 2.869 ± 0.74 2.329 ± 0.67
MRT (0–12) h 10.66 ± 1.1 11.07 ± 0.8 6.568 ± 0.8 6.869 ± 0.39
t1/2z h 26.24 ± 9 29.80 ± 36 7.359 ± 1.5 7.566 ± 1.6
CLz/F L/h/kg 1.790 ± 0.60 1.587 ± 0.9 1.773 ± 0.54 2.133 ± 0.50
Vz/F L/kg 61.84 ± 12 59.26 ± 50 18.37 ± 5.2 23.58 ± 9
Cmax mg/l 0.0931 ± 0.028 0.06404 ± 0.025 0.3294 ± 0.052 0.3108 ± 0.074

Data are expressed as mean ± SD, n = 5; *: P < 0.05,**: P < 0.01 compared with the FCE group.