title: Binding of physostigmine to rat and human plasma and crystalline serum albumins.
abstract: The binding of 3H-physostigmine (3H-Ph) to human and rat plasma proteins and crystalline serum albumin was studied by ultrafiltration technique. This study showed that the percentage of 3H-Ph bound to rat plasma slightly decreased from 49% to 41% whereas human plasma showed an increase in binding from 29% to 43% over a 50-fold increase in drug concentration. Human plasma samples which were collected in a bag coated with citrate phosphate dextrose adenine-1 solution bound 50% less 3H-Ph than samples collected with EDTA indicating a drug-drug interaction between 3H-Ph and anticoagulants. No significant change in binding was observed if the samples were frozen prior to use. Scatchard plots for binding of 3H-Ph resulted in a positive slope for human plasma and a negative slope for rat plasma; whereas curvilinear Scatchard plots with negative slopes were obtained for binding to human and rat crystalline serum albumin.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010830:Physostigmine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D010830:Physostigmine