title: Pharmacokinetics of mebudipine, a new calcium antagonist, following single intravenous and oral administrations in rats.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of a new calcium antagonist, mebudipine, was studied after a single intravenous (0.5 mg/kg) and oral (10 mg/kg) administration to rats. After intravenous dosing, the plasma concentration of mebudipine declined biexponentially with a terminal half-life of 2.84 h. The blood clearance was 1.67 l/h/kg and the volume of distribution at steady state was found to be 6.26 l/kg. After oral dosing (10 mg/kg), the C(max) of mebudipine was 25.9+/-9.79 ng/ml. The oral bioavailability was low (< 2%) suggesting a marked first-pass effect. The distribution of mebudipine into some tissues such as brain, heart, liver and kidney following intravenous administration (0.5 mg/kg) was studied and a rapid distribution of mebudipine into these tissues was found. It was concluded that brain, heart, liver and kidney are in the same compartment as plasma (central).
authors.affiliation: Razi Institute for Drug Research, Iran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6183, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bohlooli
authors.forename: Fariborz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keyhanfar
authors.forename: Massoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoudian
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001682:Biological Availability; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006207:Half-Life; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; C110812:mebudipine; D009543:Nifedipine