Rifaximin (L/105), a new topical intestinal antibiotic: pharmacokinetic study after single oral administration of 3H-rifaximin to rats. 1984

L Cellai, and M Colosimo, and E Marchi, and A P Venturini, and G Zanolo

Tritiated rifaximin was administered in a single oral dose of 10 mg/kg (specific activity 8.998 microCi/mg) and 100 mg/kg (specific activity 0.786 microCi/mg) to rats. After treatment, at fixed times, the animals were sacrificed and the radioactivity in plasma, urine, feces, and in the principal organs and tissues was measured. The radioactivity present in the feces of the two groups of rats was more than 95% of the administered dose, while the amounts found in the urine ranged between 1.15% and 1.5% of the dose. In the plasma and tissues the radioactivity levels were very low. This evidence confirmed the scanty gastroenteric absorption of L/105. Furthermore, as the radioactivity levels maintained almost the same value during the trial, there was the possibility that the amounts found were in part due to isotopic exchange between tritium of 3H-L/105 and hydrogen of water.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D005243 Feces Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
D000078262 Rifaximin A synthetic rifamycin derivative and anti-bacterial agent that is used for the treatment of GASTROENTERITIS caused by ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS. It may also be used in the treatment of HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. 4-Deoxy-4'-methylpyrido(1',2'-1,2)imidazo(5,4C)rifamycin,L 105,L-105,Redactiv,Xifaxan,L105
D000284 Administration, Oral The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012294 Rifamycins A group of ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS characterized by a chromophoric naphthohydroquinone group spanned by an aliphatic bridge not previously found in other known ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS. They have been isolated from fermentation broths of Streptomyces mediterranei. Rifamycin,Rifomycin,Rifomycins
D014018 Tissue Distribution Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios. Distribution, Tissue,Distributions, Tissue,Tissue Distributions
D014316 Tritium The radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as hydrogen-3. It contains two NEUTRONS and one PROTON in its nucleus and decays to produce low energy BETA PARTICLES. Hydrogen-3,Hydrogen 3
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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