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. 2021 Apr 30;42(12):2155–2172. doi: 10.1038/s41401-021-00651-2

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetics of glycyrrhetic acid (8) and liquiritigenin (27) in volunteers orally receiving LianhuaQingwen.

Pharmacokinetics Male (m1‒m5) Male (m6‒m8) Female (f9‒f12) Female (f13‒f14)
Glycyrrhetic acid (8) on day 1
 Cmax (nmol/L) 88.2 ± 21.2 48.5 ± 16.5 51.2 ± 32.4 236 / 227
 Tpeak (h) 15.4 ± 5.6 21.3 ± 4.6 18.0 ± 4.0 9.0 / 16.0
 Lag time (h) 3.6 ± 2.5 10.0 ± 1.7 4.3 ± 3.9 1.0 / 3.0
 AUC0-48h (h ∙ nmol/L) 1491 ± 736 623 ± 175 709 ± 431 3835 / 2576
 AUC0-∞ (h ∙ nmol/L) 1645 ± 904 805 ± 175 766 ± 420 4516 / 2583
 MRT (h) 22.7 ± 7.0 28.2 ± 5.4 32.8 ± 20.2 32.4 / 17.2
 t1/2 (h) 7.3 ± 4.3 7.0 ± 1.8 5.5 ± 2.6 14.5 / 1.9
 Cum.Ae-U,0-48h (nmol/kg) 0.03 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.02 0.08 / 0.06
 CLR (mL·h−1·kg−1) 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.0 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 / 0.02
Glycyrrhetic acid (8) on day 8
 Cmax (nmol/L) 41.6 ± 26.1 17.0 ± 0.7 41.5 ± 40.6 102 / 52.1
 Tpeak (h) 8.9 ± 8.1 16.1 ± 13.8 10.0 ± 6.9 12.0 / 24.0
 AUC0-48h (h ∙ nmol/L) 575 ± 642 193 ± 37 538 ± 639 1496 / 1103
 AUC0-∞ (h ∙ nmol/L) 741 ± 888 193 ± 37 607 ± 671 1614 / 1289
 MRT (h) 17.6 ± 9.6 18.9 ± 0.5 48.1 ± 31.9 79.7 / 29.8
 t1/2 (h) 6.8 ± 5.6 5.9 ± 1.9 5.9 ± 0.8 5.6 / 13.0
 Cum.Ae-U,0-48h (nmol/kg) 0.02 ± 0.02 0.01 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.02 0.1 / 0.02
 CLR (mL·h−1·kg−1) 0.04 ± 0.03 0.05 ± 0.03 0.1 ± 0.0 0.04 / 0.02
Liquiritigenin (27) on day 1
 Cmax-1 (nmol/L) 4.2 ± 2.2 3.8 ± 1.0 5.6 / 2.9
 Cmax-2 (nmol/L) 10.3 ± 6.4 6.1 ± 2.7 7.0 ± 2.5 10.8 / 10.0
 Tpeak-1 (h) 3.4 ± 3.3 1.0 ± 0.0 1.0 / 3.0
 Tpeak-2 (h) 9.0 ± 2.4 10.0 ± 1.7 11.3 ± 1.5 6.0 / 9.0
 AUC0-48h (h ∙ nmol/L) 47.7 ± 36.2 36.4 ± 21.5 49.0 ± 29.7 50.2 / 37.7
 AUC0-∞ (h ∙ nmol/L) 54.7 ± 37.3 60.3 ± 29.5 64.3 ± 44.2 57.2 / 40.1
 MRT (h) 14.3 ± 11.9 23.3 ± 26.3 13.6 ± 1.5 35.9 / 7.8
 t1/2 (h) 2.3 ± 1.0 4.5 ± 2.1 3.9 ± 2.1 1.6 / 1.1
 Cum.Ae-U,0-48h (nmol/kg) 2.7 ± 2.1 2.0 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 1.5 1.3 / 1.5
 CLR (mL·h−1·kg−1) 46.6 ± 9.3 39.1 ± 16.6 58.7 ± 51.8 22.2 / 36.4
Liquiritigenin (27) on day 8
 Cmax-1 (nmol/L) 2.0 ± 0.9 3.7 ± 2.1 7.7 / ―
 Cmax-2 (nmol/L) 5.7 ± 3.6 3.6 ± 1.5 6.0 ± 3.4 4.8 / 2.4
 Tpeak-1 (h) 2.8 ± 2.4 1.0 ± 0.0 1.0 / ―
 Tpeak-2 (h) 9.6 ± 2.5 11.0 ± 1.7 6.8 ± 2.9 9.0 / 9.0
 AUC0-48h (h ∙ nmol/L) 36.7 ± 36.3 21.8 ± 12.1 48.3 ± 32.5 25.8 / 17.8
 AUC0-∞ (h∙nmol/L) 51.6 ± 48.3 26.7 ± 11.1 58.4 ± 39.0 38.3 / 42.2
 MRT (h) 20.6 ± 23.5 11.2 ± 3.6 8.4 ± 3.8 18.5 / 7.6
 t1/2 (h) 5.5 ± 3.0 3.0 ± 1.2 3.8 ± 0.5 4.3 / 8.9
 Cum.Ae-U,0-48h (nmol/kg) 3.8 ± 4.3 2.5 ± 0.5 2.6 ± 1.7 1.1 / 1.4
 CLR (mL·h−1·kg−1) 63.7 ± 39.6 101 ± 25 38.5 ± 18.3 28.3 / 32.4

Cmax maximum plasma concentration, Tpeak the time taken to achieve the peak plasma concentration, AUC area under the plasma concentration-time curve after dosing, MRT mean residence time, t1/2 terminal half-life, Cum.Ae-U cumulative amount excreted into urine, CLR renal excretory clearance.