Experiment 1055208

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PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIV
OrganismEmpty organism
CitationGEHLERT,DR: FERRELL,KG: ROLLINS,DE:. (1983). DISPOSITION OF EMETINE IN THE RAT.. 25(3)
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseDOSE-INDEPENDENT, TWO COMPARTMENT PLASMA KINETICS WERE OBSERVED. PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OBTAINED UP TO 10 DAYS SUGGEST A THIRD, TERMINAL ELIMINATION PHASE. WITHIN 10 DAYS, 47% OF THE DOSE WAS EXCRETED IN THE URINE AND FECES. THREE HOUR BILIARY EXCRETION STUDIES ACCOUNTED FOR 1.7% OF THE DOSE. LIVER, SKELETAL MUSCLE, KIDNEY AND FAT OBTAINED 24 HOURS AFTER DOSING CONTAINED 19, 14, 6 AND 4% OF THE DOSE, RESPECTIVELY. CARDIAC MUSCLE AND BRAIN EACH CONTAINED LESS THAN 1% OF THE ADMINISTERED DOSE. THE RAPID DISTRIBUTION INTO TISSUES AND SLOW ADMINISTRATION SUGGEST THAT MULTIPLE DOSES OF EMETINE MAY LEAD TO ACCUMULATION AND CHRONIC TOXICITY.
Dose amount5.0 MG
Number1
Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalRAT
Per unitANIMAL
Dose expressionDOSE