Table 4

Comparison of tissue concentrations of radioactivity in Sable Domestic male ferrets at 6, 16, and 30 min after oral administration of a single 10-mg/kg dose of 14C-labeled drug B4-a

Tissue6 Min16 Min30 Min
WBAL Mean ± SDNDLSA Mean ± SDNWBAL Mean ± SDNDLSA Mean ± SDNWBAL Mean ± SDNDLSA Mean ± SDN
Bile<5.94-b 3  ± 0.433673  ± 4914253411545  ± 28141242  ± 1693
Blood (vessel)<5.94-b 4  ± 1.3330  ± 2431  ± 2316  ± 21724  ± 63
Brain<5.94-b 1  ± 0.2310  ± 1410  ± 136  ± 146  ± 13
Esophageal contents2022  ± 50218264912460  ± 1258831661627  ± 5036801
Kidney10  ± 099.8  ± 0.13104  ± 630119  ± 9350  ± 1127107  ± 283
Liver53  ± 42151  ± 53174  ± 2928168  ± 73119  ± 1025110  ± 63
Lung9  ± 1299  ± 0.3331  ± 31840  ± 1320  ± 22723  ± 13
Salivary gland7  ± 114   7132  ± 28  38118  ± 38 181
Stomach contents2447  ± 195282663  ± 25131304  ± 318144-c 863  ± 118318711
Thymus<5.94-b 1  ± 0.1314  ± 31016  ± 1312  ± 11113  ± 13
  • 4-a Values (nCi/g) are the mean ± SD. Nrepresents the number of determinations.

  • 4-b <5.9, radioactivity concentrations (nCi/g) were below the assay’s lower limit of quantitation.

  • 4-c —, insufficient sample.