TABLE 1

Transplacental pharmacokinetic parameters of salicylic acid and antipyrine

Each value represents the estimate ± S.D. (68.3% confidence interval).




K 1

f b

K1

f p, m

K1

k 2

K1/k2

K1/k2
ml/min/g cotyledon ml/min/g cotyledon ml/min/g cotyledon min-1 ml/min/g cotyledon
Salicylic acid 0.0407 ± 0.0062 0.902 0.0451 0.568a 0.0256 0.0238 ± 0.0344 1.89 1.07
Antipyrine
0.0791 ± 0.0059
0.932
0.0849
0.884b
0.0751
0.118 ± 0.093
0.726
0.642

k 3
K 4
K4
f p, f
K4
V p
K4/k3
k s
min-1 ml/min/g cotyledon ml/min/g cotyledon ml/g cotyledon ml/min/g cotyledon min-1
Salicylic acid 0.176 ± 0.054 0.0813 ± 0.0284 0.0901 0.457a 0.0412 0.512 0.234 1.81 × 10-4
Antipyrine



0.869b

0.195 ± 0.050


0.108 ± 0.091
  • —, not applicable to antipyrine; K1, K1, K1, K4, K4, K4, clearance; k2, k3, ks, rate constants; fb, unbound fraction in perfusate; fb, unbound fraction in perfusate; fp,m, unbound fraction in human maternal plasma; fp,f, unbound fraction in human fetal plasma; Vp, distribution volume of placental compartment. See text for details.

  • a Hill and Abramson (1988).

  • b Ohkawa et al. (2001).