Table 4.

Fecal and urinary excretion of erinacine A after oral administration of H. erinaceus mycelia extract at 2.381 g/kg BW (equivalent to 50 mg/kg BW of erinacine A).

Time (h)	Feces Concentration (μg/g)	Urine Concentration (μg/mL)
0–4	1.533 ± 2.625	0.248 ± 0.210
4–8	81.853 ± 99.919	0.118 ± 0.103
8–12	271.237 ± 404.357	0.059 ± 0.043
12–24	122.824 ± 198.611	0.055 ± 0.066
24–36	4.475 ± 6.477	0.021 ± 0.037
36–48	0.062 ± 0.099	0.016 ± 0.018
Total Amount (μg) (% of administered dose)	428.379 ± 368.502 (2.823%)	2.604 ± 2.149 (0.017%)

Data expressed as means ± SD (n = 6).