TABLE 4

Biological half-lives of 14C in tissues of male and female rats after repeated oral administration of [dichlorophenyl-14C]pyridalyl at a rate of 5 mg/kg/day daily for 14 successive days

TissueBiological Half-Life Time
MaleFemale
α Phaseβ Phaseα Phaseβ Phase
days (calculation days)days (calculation days)days (calculation days)days (calculation days)
Adrenals5 (Days 14–20)9 (Days 20–27)3 (Days 14–17)7 (Days 17–27)
Blood2 (Days 14–20)1 (Days 14–17)
    Plasma2 (Days 14–20)2 (Days 14–20)
    Red blood cells
Brain1 (Days 14–17)9 (Days 17–27)2 (Days 14–17)
Fat (brown)2 (Days 14–20)7 (Days 20–27)3 (Days 14–20)14 (Days 20–27)
Fat (perirenal)10 (Days 17–27)11 (Days 17–27)
Fat (testicular)15 (Days 17–27)
Heart2 (Days 14–17)7 (Days 17–27)2 (Days 14–17)7 (Days 17–27)
Kidneys2 (Days 14–17)10 (Days 17–27)2 (Days 14–17)9 (Days 17–27)
Liver1 (Days 14–17)4 (Days 17–27)1 (Days 14–17)5 (Days 17–27)
Lungs2 (Days 14–20)13 (Days 20–27)2 (Days 14–20)6 (Days 20–27)
Muscle4 (Days 14–17)9 (Days 17–27)3 (Days 14–17)7 (Days 17–27)
Ovaries4 (Days 14–17)24 (Days 17–27)
Skin9 (Days 14–27)6 (Days 17–27)
Spleen2 (Days 14–17)10 (Days 17–27)3 (Days 14–17)8 (Days 17–27)
Testes2 (Days 14–17)14 (Days 17–27)
Thymus4 (Days 14–27)5 (Days 14–27)
Thyroids1 (Days 14–17)8 (Days 17–27)4 (Days 14–20)5 (Days 20–27)
Uterus10 (Days 14–27)
  • —, not calculated.