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Interaction between Red Yeast Rice and CYP450 Enzymes/P-Glycoprotein and Its Implication for the Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Lovastatin

Table 4

Pharmacokinetic parameters of nifedipine in healthy subjects after a single dose of 5 mg nifedipine capsule with or without 600 mg LipoCol Forte capsule in the fasted state. The data were given as mean ± SD for 14 subjects.

Nifedipine alone Nifedipine with LipoCol Forte
Mean ± SDMean ± SD

(ng h/mL)131.7 ± 37.0135.3 ± 27.8
(ng h/mL)136.5 ± 38.2140.8 ± 29.4
(ng/mL)81.46 ± 25.6271.78 ± 23.56
(h)0.46 ± 0.150.55 ± 0.43
MRT (h)3.68 ± 0.593.89 ± 0.97
(h)3.62 ± 0.903.58 ± 1.39
CL/F (L/h)40.2 ± 14.937.3 ± 9.9
/F (L)201.4 ± 56.1186.8 ± 69.9