Original Article

Bioactive Markers Based Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Extracts of a Traditional Medicinal Plant, Piper sarmentosum

Table 2

Pharmacokinetic parameters of pellitorine in rats (n = 6) following an oral dose (500 mg kg−1) of ethanol extract of fruit of P. sarmentosum.

Rat123456Mean ± SD

AUC0-∞ (ng h mL−1)1154.352989.11771013.913979.7302978.46661107.0071037.098 ± 75.10543
AUMC0-∞29 997.64025 654.08026 668.0025 454.99025 399.67028 650.57026 970.830 ± 1927.431
MRT (h)25.98725.93726.30225.98225.95925.88126.008 ± 0.149
T 1/2 (h)21.39717.61717.29019.04517.08719.43618.645 ± 1.654
C max (ng mL−1)33.88033.42036.31034.71034.87035.46034.775 ± 1.047
T max (h)8.0008.0008.0008.0008.0008.0008.000 ± 0.000
K el (h−1)0.0330.0390.0400.0360.0460.0370.038 ± 0.005
Cl0.0650.0850.07510.0860.0870.0710.078 ± 0.008
VD1.9932.1581.8772.3552.1351.9722.082 ± 0.156