Abstract
OBJECTIVE To study the pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin hydrochloride in-situ gel in aqueous humors of rabbit eyes.METHODS Levofloxacin hydrochloride concentration in aqueous humors of rabbit eyes at different sampling time was determined after the dose of in-situ gel by RP-HPLC. The mean aqueous humors concentration-time curve of levofloxacin hydrochloride was discribed and pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated.RESULTS The absorption and elimination of levofloxacin hydrochloride were fitted to a linear model with the main pharmacokinetic parameters as follows: t1/2(ke), MRT, tmax,ρmax, AUC0-τ and AUC0-∞ were (118.76±7.21) min, (208.40±13.46) min, (34.07±5.02) min, (2.15±0.075) mg·L-1, (432.05±13.55) mg·min·L-1 and (501.52±25.24) mg·min·L-1,respectively. CONCLUSION The release of levofloxacin hydrochloride in the eyes can be significantly prolonged by the in-situ gel.
Key words
levofloxacin hydrochloride /
in-situ gel /
aqueous humor /
pharmacokinetics /
RP-HPLC
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GO Jing;CHU Cng;DING Xue-ying;ZHNG Shu-yu;LIU Chng-hi;GO Shen.
Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin Hydrochloride in-Situ Gel in Aqueous Humors of Rabbit Eyes [J]. Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal, 2007, 42(22): 1723-1725
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