Table 1

Apparent kinetic parameters for almotriptan biotransformation by human liver microsomes and mitochondria calculated by non-linear regression analysis of the untransformed data.

Liver FractionMetaboliteApparentKmApparentVmaxCLint
μM pmol/min/mg μl/min/mg
MicrosomesM2102  (47)1-a 40.1  (5)0.39
M3106  (35)95.1  (8)0.89
M4434  (45)199.6  (12)0.46
M5387  (86)56.0  (4)0.14
M6387  (39)93.8  (6)0.24
M71245  (148)304.3  (19)0.24
MitochondriaM662  (5)41.7  (1)0.67
M7363  (123)68.7  (19)0.19
  • 1-a Values in parenthesis represent the standard error of measurement.