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. 2022 Jul 26;130(7):077005. doi: 10.1289/EHP10009

Table 1.

Toxicokinetic model parameter values of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Compound Study Evaluation of TK model fit Dose (mg/kg) Fabs (−) Tmax (h) V1 (mL/kg) α T1/2 (h) β T1/2 (h) k10 T1/2 (h) k01 (1/h) k10 (1/h) k12 (1/h)i k21 (1/h)i
PFBA Chang et al.68 Monophasica 30 1.0b 1.25a 209a 9.22a 3.0a 0.075h
PFHxA Dzierlenga et al.81 Biphasica 160 1.0b 0.890a 348a 1.46a 13.7a 1.63a 2.2f 0.43h 0.039 0.056
PFOA Dzierlenga et al.81 Monophasica 12 1.0b 6.37a 154a 258a 0.92f 0.0027h
PFNA Tatum-Gibbs et al.101 Monophasicc 3 1.0b 170j 1.0b 0.00025j
PFDA Dzierlenga et al.81 Biphasica 10 1.0b 9.06a 228a 123a 995a 478a 0.50f 0.0015i 0.0021 0.0027
PFDoDA Kawabata et al.73 Monophasica 50 1.0a 120a,g 663d 1,327a,g 0.036f 0.00052h
PFBS Huang et al.102 Biphasica 20 1.0b 2.18a 148a 2.37a 5.36a 2.73a 0.68f 0.25h 0.018 0.15
PFHxS Huang et al.102 Monophasica 16 1.0b 5.89a 137a 396a,g 1.1f 0.0018h
PFOS Huang et al.102 Biphasica 2 1.0b 14.3a 280a 74.4a,g 972a,g 478a,g 0.24f 0.0015h 0.0040 0.0045
HFPO-DA Gannon et al.80,e Biphasica 10 1.0a 142a 2.8a 72.2a 3.3a 0.24k 0.0099 0.010

Note: —, no data; α T1/2, alpha elimination half-life; β T1/2, beta elimination half-life; HFPO-DA, hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid; Fabs, fraction of the amount of a PFAS in the gastrointestinal tract that will be absorbed over time; k01, absorption rate constant from the gastrointestinal tract into Compartment 1; k10, elimination rate constant from Compartment 1; k10 T1/2, elimination half-life from Compartment 1; k12, transfer constant from Compartment 1 to Compartment 2; k21, transfer constant from Compartment 2 to Compartment 1; PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; PFBA, perfluorobutanoic acid; PFBS, perfluorobutane sulfonic acid; PFDoDA, perfluorododecanoic acid; PFHxA, perfluorohexanoic acid; PFHxS, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; PFNA, perfluorononanoic acid; PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid; PFOS, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; TK, toxicokinetic; Tmax, time at maximum serum concentration; V1, volume of distribution of Compartment 1.

a

Value provided in the study from oral, single exposure of males at the dose provided in column “dose.”

b

Based on assumption in the original studies.

c

In the original publication the authors report that the data illustrated biphasic kinetics. See Supplementary Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”

d

Calculated in this study. See Supplemental Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”

e

Serum concentrations per individual animal over time reported in Gannon.105 Note that 12-h concentrations were assumed to be transposed in the original report. See also Supplementary Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”

f

Calculated according to Equation 5.

g

Provided in study in different unit (days).

h

Calculated according Equation 4.

i

Calculated according to method in Supplemental Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”

j

Optimized; note that study reports other values for V1 and k10. See remarks in Supplemental Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”

k

Optimized according to the method shown in Supplemental Material, “Toxicokinetic model parameterization.”