Research Article

Effects of Borneol on Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Distribution of Notoginsenoside R1 and Ginsenosides Rg1 and Re in Panax notoginseng in Rabbits

Table 5

Drug concentrations in rabbit tissues after administration of Panax notoginseng and Panax notoginseng combined with Borneol ( ).

Time ( )BiosampleConcentration (μg · g−1)
Panax notoginseng Panax notoginseng with Borneol
NGR1GRg1GReNGR1GRg1GRe

0.5Heart3.90 ± 0.532.21 ± 0.761.65 ± 0.534.68 ± 0.21**22.65 ± 0.36**2.81 ± 0.74**
Liver1.38 ± 0.548.48 ± 0.530.99 ± 0.338.24 ± 0.42**50.10 ± 1.95**3.60 ± 0.46**
Brain 1.05 ± 0.424.02 ± 0.46**20.57 ± 1.36**1.80 ± 0.42*
Lung 0.70 ± 0.415.79 ± 0.29**15.09 ± 3.24**2.48 ± 0.69**
Kidney 1.63 ± 0.183.98 ± 0.12**27.54 ± 0.17**2.84 ± 0.53**
Plasma (μg · mL−1) 1.78 ± 0.111.62 ± 0.072.87 ± 0.06**2.68 ± 0.13**

1.0Heart 2.11 ± 0.285.55 ± 0.31**27.03 ± 0.31**3.28 ± 0.43**
Liver 1.30 ± 0.259.29 ± 0.72**59.05 ± 3.74**4.77 ± 0.42**
Brain 1.21 ± 0.285.58 ± 0.68**25.66 ± 2.69**2.76 ± 0.63**
Lung 0.92 ± 0.139.96 ± 0.66**17.80 ± 1.25**2.99 ± 0.17**
Kidney 1.53 ± 0.223.38 ± 0.34**16.93 ± 0.81**2.43 ± 0.29**
Plasma (μg · mL−1) 1.90 ± 0.151.46 ± 0.052.18 ± 0.09**2.42 ± 0.08**

3.0Heart 1.14 ± 0.134.59 ± 0.52**19.07 ± 1.16**2.24 ± 0.54**
Liver 0.69 ± 0.116.87 ± 0.61**37.78 ± 3.43**2.63 ± 0.81**
Brain 0.63 ± 0.123.69 ± 0.84**17.86 ± 2.60**1.65 ± 0.23**
Lung 0.31 ± 0.444.56 ± 0.75**12.31 ± 1.461.53 ± 0.45**
Kidney 1.15 ± 0.132.27 ± 0.2810.16 ± 2.77**1.61 ± 0.45
Plasma (μg · mL−1) 0.79 ± 0.020.49 ± 0.020.92 ± 0.010.87 ± 0.04

compared with Panax notoginseng.