title: Gender differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of azosemide in rats.
abstract: Gender differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of azosemide were evaluated after intravenous, 10 mg kg(-1), and oral, 10 mg kg(-1), administration to male and female rats. After intravenous administration to male rats, the percentages of intravenous dose of azosemide recovered from entire gastrointestinal tract at 24 h (13.2 versus 3.93%) was significantly greater than those in female rats. In male rats, the nonrenal clearance of azosemide tended (p<0.066) to be faster and kidney weight tended (p<0.068) to be greater than those in female rats. After oral administration of azosemide to male rats, the 8-h urinary excretion of potassium (0.395 versus 0.766 mmol g(-1) kidney) and 8-h kaluretic efficiency (55.9 versus 284 mmol mg(-1)) decreased significantly compared with female rats.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D004232:Diuretics / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013424:Sulfanilamides / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013777:Tetrazoles; D013876:Thiophenes; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D013424:Sulfanilamides; C018222:azosemide; D013777:Tetrazoles; D013876:Thiophenes; D000096926:Benzenesulfonamides