Pharmacokinetics parameters of luteolin after intravenous administration of 6.5 mg/kg luteolin to vehicle-treated or entacapone-treated rats

Data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. n = 5. Vehicle: 20% hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (w/v) containing 5% glucose (w/v). Both entacapone and luteolin for intravenous administration were dissolved in this vehicle.

ParametersVehicle + LuteolinEntacapone + Luteolin
AUC0–t (μg/ml · h)7.60 ± 1.1011.4 ± 2.3**
AUC0–∞ (μg/ml · h)8.18 ± 0.8712.5 ± 2.5**
MRT0–t (h)1.41 ± 0.171.65 ± 0.09*
MRT0–∞ (h)2.32 ± 0.432.68 ± 0.31
t1/2 (h)3.20 ± 0.703.31 ± 0.55
CL (l/h/kg)0.801 ± 0.0760.537 ± 0.097**
V (l/kg)3.74 ± 1.102.57 ± 0.63
  • P < 0.05; comparison between two groups with Student's t test.

  • P < 0.01.