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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Pharm. 2018 Sep 21;15(10):4505–4516. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00527

Table 3.

Calculated Cmaxs for All Five Formulations of Paclitaxel in All Analyzed Tissuesa

Cmax, (SD), ng/mL
solvent-based paclitaxel
(pac-T)
nab-Paclitaxel (nab-P) mouse albumin nab-paclitaxel
(m-nab-P)
micellar paclitaxel
(pac-P)
polymeric nanoparticle paclitaxel
(pac-G)
plasma 17,766.67 (1504.44) 2876.67b (531.26) 2753.33b (494.00) 3895.00b (736.19) 5073.33b (754.08)
blood 8766.67 (1056.33) 2093.33b (328.68) 1390.00b (175.78) 2485.00b (552.97) 2653.33b (325.32)
liver 39,083.33 (2961.56) 48,083.33b (3394.24) 45,000.00 (6415.61) 58,000.00b (3905.12) 67,166.67b (5387.10)
stomach 5250.00 (200.00) 5445.00 (755.20) 6016.67b (388.37) 8283.33b (361.71) 8350.00b (676.39)
muscle 2163.33 (87.80) 2246.67 (361.47) 2230.00 (252.93) 2741.67b (280.73) 2493.33 (407.87)
skin 1626.67 (286.37) 1430.00 (178.96) 1348.33 (168.55) 2345.00b (296.35) 1681.67 (254.08)
fat 1040.00 (383.63) 745.00 (161.17) 1260.00 (212.31) 1961.67b (228.82) 1446.67 (223.68)
spleen 8400.00 (936.75) 5383.33b (321.46) 5466.67b (550.76) 6050.00b (278.39) 6466.67b (431.08)
lung 10,700.00 (1300.00) 6583.33b (378.60) 6350.00b (132.29) 11,300.00 (926.01) 9250.00 (2402.08)
brain 145.83 (19.76) 56.68b (10.09) 87.00b (10.64) 95.83b (14.29) 94.17b (21.26)
uterus 3358.33 (197.63) 2915.00b (160.39) 2261.67b (568.71) 3020.00 (500.22) 2271.67b (563.68)
intestine 15,550.00 (1758.55) 13,533.33 (1382.33) 8733.33b (652.56) 13,900.00 (1517.40) 13,266.67 (2617.41)
pancreas 11,300.00 (1361.07) 10,116.67 (837.16) 10,083.33 (301.39) 8583.33b (956.99) 10,033.33 (208.17)
kidney 20,166.67 (1286.79) 14,800.00b (2146.51) ll,166.67b (682.52) 20,300.00 (1116.92) 23,583.33 (5460.16)
fat pad 1595.00 (126.19) 1543.33 (240.02) 1825.00 (180.07) 2128.33b (120.03) 1826.67 (197.57)
heart 7533.33 (534.63) 5650.00b (264.58) 6000.00b (433.01) 10,700.00b (950.00) 9150.00 (1650.00)
bone 2163.33 (62.52) 1940.00 (149.33) 2310.00 (188.22) 3166.67b (378.99) 2871.67b (304.40)
a

Cmax, maximum concentration.

b

P < 0.05 for comparison with pac-T.