Research Article

Drug-Drug Interactions Potential of Icariin and Its Intestinal Metabolites via Inhibition of Intestinal UDP-Glucuronosyltransferases

Table 1

The IC50 values for the inhibition of icariin and its intestinal metabolites on UGT activitiesa.

IC50( M)IcariinIcariside IIcariside IIIcaritin

UGT1A1>100>100>100>100
UGT1A3 >100>100>100
UGT1A4 >100 >100
UGT1A6>100>100>100>100
UGT1A7>100>1002.8 ± 0.100.3 ± 0.0
UGT1A8>100>100>100>100
UGT1A9>100>1002.4 ± 0.11.5 ± 0.1
UGT1A10>100>100>100>100
UGT2B4>100>100>100>100
UGT2B7>100>10012.5 ± 0.1>100
UGT2B15>100>100>100>100
UGT2B17>100>100>100>100

aData were showed as mean ± SD. All experiments were separately performed in duplicate for three times.