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KMID : 0043319890120030186
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Archives of Pharmacal Research
1989 Volume.12 No. 3 p.186 ~ p.190
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In vitro Drug Release Characteristics of Methotrexate-Human Serum Albumin and 5-Fluorouracil-Acetic Acid-Human Serum Albumin Conjugates
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Kim CK
Lee MG/Park MK/Lee HJ/Kang HJ
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Abstract
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The release rates of methotrexate (MTX) from MTX-human serum albumin (HSA) conjugate, and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) from 5-FU acetic acid (AA)-HSA conjugate were determined after incubation of the conjugates in various conditions. The concentrations of 5-FU released from the conjugate increased monoexponentially, however those of MTX increased biexponentially in all studies. It indicated that there are two distinct types of MTX-HSA linkage, weakly and tightly bound linkages. The release rates of 5-FU were lower than those of MTX in all studies indicating that the bond of 5-FU-AA-HSA conjugate is very stable, which is supported by the higher value of activation energy (39.9 vs 10.7Kcal/mole) using Arrhenius equation. The release rates of MTX and 5-FU from the conjugates increased with incubation temperatures. Proteolytic enzyme and liver homogenates accelerated significantly the release rates of MTX and 5-FU. Approximately 1.30 and 22.0% of MTX were released after 12 hours of incubation in the absence and presence of protease, respectively. The corresponding values for 5-FU were 1.0 and 17.0%. Approximately 10.3 and 11.9% of 5-FU and MTX, respectively were released after 12 hours of incubation with rat liver homogenates which were diluted 6 times with phosphate buffer of pH 6.0. The MTX-HSA and 5-FU-AA-HSA conjugates were very stable in rat plasma.
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