title: Intranasal delivery of tenoxicam in rat.
abstract: Intranasal delivery of tenoxicam was studied in male rats on single dose administration of 0.36 mg/rat and compared with intravenous administration. Tenoxicam plasma levels were determined by RP-HPLC method with UV detection that employed piroxicam as an electroactive internal standard in the analysis. Following intravenous administration the area under the plasma concentration curve was 2452.17+/-86.49 ng h/ml as compared to 1357.69+/-102.36 ng h/ml following intranasal dosing. This corresponds to a relative bioavailability of 55.36%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Sri Ramakrishna Hospital campus, Coimbatore, 641044, Tamil Nadu, India. c_vijayan_2k@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Abimon
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006207:Half-Life; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D010894:Piroxicam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D010894:Piroxicam; C032801:tenoxicam