TABLE 1

Pharmacokinetic parameters (mean ± S.D.) of morinidazole and four major metabolites in plasma after an intravenous infusion of 500 mg of morinidazole to 12 healthy Chinese subjects

ParametersMorinidazoleM4-1M7M8-1M8-2
tmax, h0.681 ± 0.1812.40 ± 0.911.04 ± 0.171.56 ± 0.531.54 ± 0.38
Cmax, ng/ml10,853 ± 224648.6 ± 19.6170 ± 51248 ± 622065 ± 586
AUC0-t, ng · h · ml−174,866 ± 12,687612 ± 2431702 ± 4492965 ± 75017,164 ± 4082
AUC0–∞, ng · h · ml−175,964 ± 12,745640 ± 2391747 ± 4603052 ± 77817,417 ± 4122
t1/2, h6.15 ± 0.596.37 ± 0.677.04 ± 0.566.96 ± 0.814.23 ± 0.45
CLR, l/h1.44 ± 0.210.8 ± 5.149.5 ± 10.618.3 ± 3.213.7 ± 3.9