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. 2000 Apr;44(4):898–904. doi: 10.1128/aac.44.4.898-904.2000

TABLE 2.

Estimates of values for pharmacokinetic parameters and their coefficients of variation and observed Cmax and Tmax values for different tissues after an intravenous bolus injection of AmB

Tissue and pharmacokinetic parameter Formulation (dose)
Fungizone (1 mg/kg) AmB-Nsp [125] (3 mg/kg) AmB-Nsp [12.5] (3 mg/kg) AmB-MM [125] (1 mg/kg) AmB-MM [125] (3 mg/kg) AmB-MM [12.5] (3 mg/kg)
Liver
k13 = kk13 (h−1) 4.4 (15)a 5.5 (18) 2.45 (15) 9.7 (9) 23.0 (10) 2.3 (17)
k31 (h−1) 4.13 (20) 5.9 (22) 1.13 (22) 2.8 (14) 4.2 (17) 0.5 (24)
Tlag (h) 3     3    3      3      3      3    
Cmax (μg/g) 4.23 ± 1.20b 9.23 ± 1.39 30.3 ± 2.29 12.5 ± 2.82 49.3 ± 6.33 42.5 ± 4.34
Tmax (h) 0.083 0.25 0.5    0.25   0.167  0.5  
Spleen
k13 = kk13 (h−1) 6.6 (17) 13.7 (18) 6.9 (9) 28 (37) 15.3 (17) 4.17 (9)
k31 (h−1) 5.23 (20) 5.58 (21) 2.78 (13) 12.2 (14) 3.7 (20) 0.99 (15)
Tlag (h) 6     3    3     10     10     10    
Cmax (μg/g) 4.30 ± 0.18 31.3 ± 1.52 50.6 ± 13.4 19.9 ± 4.71 53.9 ± 7.29 37.7 ± 3.90
Tmax (h) 0.25  0.5  0.167  0.083  0.25   1    
Kidney
k13 (h−1) 4.61 (13) 1.99 (15) 0.6 (13) 1.95 (15) 1.5 (16) 0.3 (17)
k31 (h−1) 4.42 (17) 1.35 (22) 0.3 (23) 0.76 (22) 0.42 (20) 0.08 (27)
 AUC1 (μg · h/g) 20.58 (11) 96.32 (21) 163.9 (8) 162.6 (11) 207.8 (13) 206.3 (6)
Cmax (μg/g) 2.4 ± 0.34 9.2 ± 0.07 9.11 ± 0.95 5.71 ± 0.59 9.25 ± 0.29 6.5 ± 0.50
Tmax (h) 0.25  0.5  1      3      6      0.167
a

Values in parentheses are coefficients of variation (in percent). 

b

Mean ± standard deviation.