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Table 9 Main pharmacokinetic parameters of COS 2 and COS 3 in rat tissues after intragastric administration (n = 5)

From: Pharmacokinetics, bioavailability and tissue distribution of chitobiose and chitotriose in rats

Analyte

Organs

Cmax (mg/L)

Tmax (h)

AUC0-t (mg/L·h)

AUC0-∞ (mg/L·h)

MRT0-t (h)

t1/2z (h)

COS 2

Heart

0.62 ± 0.05

2.00 ± 0.00

4.84 ± 0.76

12.46 ± 4.33

5.50 ± 0.27

13.43 ± 4.55

Liver

0.53 ± 0.05

1.33 ± 0.58

4.02 ± 0.32

7.08 ± 2.01

5.21 ± 0.40

9.18 ± 3.58

Kidney

4.33 ± 1.13

1.33 ± 0.58

13.82 ± 4.68

14.02 ± 4.53

2.48 ± 0.21

1.75 ± 0.55

Lung

0.52 ± 0.03

1.33 ± 0.58

1.96 ± 0.26

2.51 ± 0.37

3.08 ± 0.19

3.52 ± 0.68

Spleen

0.31 ± 0.08

1.33 ± 0.58

1.02 ± 0.16

1.35 ± 0.33

3.11 ± 0.27

3.88 ± 2.09

Pancreas

0.47 ± 0.29

1.00 ± 0.00

1.07 ± 0.13

1.84 ± 0.90

2.80 ± 0.80

4.37 ± 3.26

COS 3

Heart

1.04 ± 0.12

0.5 ± 0.43

4.43 ± 0.41

5.40 ± 0.86

4.01 ± 0.14

5.18 ± 1.75

Liver

1.41 ± 0.26

1.08 ± 0.88

6.04 ± 1.18

8.54 ± 1.17

5.03 ± 0.33

8.26 ± 7.48

Kidney

4.85 ± 0.58

0.75 ± 0.43

15.53 ± 3.75

17.96 ± 7.70

3.16 ± 1.40

2.88 ± 1.95

Lung

2.99 ± 0.25

1.33 ± 0.58

6.40 ± 0.48

7.06 ± 1.16

2.49 ± 0.44

1.85 ± 0.84

  1. Some tissues did not have at least 5 concentrations for non-compartmental model analysis calculated by DAS software, thus having no pharmacokinetic parameters