Research Article

Quantitative Property-Property Relationship for Screening-Level Prediction of Intrinsic Clearance of Volatile Organic Chemicals in Rats and Its Integration within PBPK Models to Predict Inhalation Pharmacokinetics in Humans

Table 6

Area under the curve for four metabolic scenarios, for VOCs in the evaluation dataset.

24 h Area under the curve (mg/L-h)
ChemicalsMetabolic scenarioa
𝐸 m i n 𝐸 m a x LMCIUMCI

Bromoform2.1220.2670.4340.328
Dibromochloromethane3.1140.450.70.527
Dichloroethylene (trans-1,2-)0.4720.1490.1850.16
Ethylene 5 . 8 7 × 1 0 3 4 . 0 8 × 1 0 3 4 . 5 5 × 1 0 3 4 . 2 3 × 1 0 3
Furan0.3880.1130.1310.118
Halothane0.5230.220.3250.266
Propylene 1 . 7 6 × 1 0 2 1 . 1 6 × 1 0 2 1 . 3 × 1 0 2 1 . 2 1 × 1 0 2
Tetrachloroethylene0.9530.2660.3630.291
Trichloroethane (1,1,1-)0.2710.1250.1840.15
Trimethylbenzene (1,2,4-)1.5770.2490.4250.395
Xylene (o-)1.2970.2180.3250.248

a: 𝐸 m i n : no metabolism; 𝐸 m a x : maximum hepatic extraction; LMCI and UMCI: lower and upper bound of the 95% mean confidence interval, respectively.