title: Pharmacokinetics of vinpocetine in humans.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of ethyl-apovincaminate (vinpocetine, Cavinton), a new vincamine derivative has been studied in volunteers after p.o. and i.v. administration. The concentration of the drug was determined by mass-fragmentography in human plasma. There was a biphasic elimination of the substance after i.v. injection with a T1/2 alpha of 0.136 h and with a T1/2 beta of 4.83 h. The value of Vdss (2.1 l/kg) shows a high adsorption of the drug by tissue proteins. The clearance rate of elimination was 0.366 l/h/kg. Oral administration of the drug resulted in maximum plasma concentration 1--1.5 h after the administration with values of 20--62 ng/ml. The bioavailability of the drug--calculated from the ratio of the areas under the concentration-time curves--proved to be 56.6 +/- 8.9%. Unchanged vinpocetine could not be detected in urine. From the results two-compartment open models were constructed and the steady state concentrations after multiple dosing were computed.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D014748:Vinca Alkaloids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014748:Vinca Alkaloids