title: The kinetics of salivary elimination of cyclophosphamide in man.
abstract: 1 The concentrations of cyclophosphamide in plasma and saliva were determined in seven patients following administration of single doses of cyclophosphamide during chemotherapy for lymphoma. 2 The saliva/plasma ratio was 0.77 +/- 0.24 (s.d.) and showed no time-dependence being rapidly established following intravenous and oral administration. 3 The T 1/2 of cyclophosphamide (8.38 +/- 2.25 h) determined from salivary measurements was not significantly different from that in plasma (8.24 +/- 2.60 h). It  was not possible to estimate the apparent volume of distribution or total body clearance utilizing the salivary cyclophosphamide concentration without appropriate correction for the saliva/plasma concentration ratio. 4 The binding to the plasma protein of normal plasma of cyclophosphamide was 13.4 +/- 5.3%. The Scatchard plot for binding to bovine serum albumin indicates only weak binding to non-specific sites. 5 Salivary cyclophosphamide therefore indicates the concentration of the unbound fraction of plasma cyclophosphamide.
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D011485:Protein Binding; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D003520:Cyclophosphamide