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KMID : 0941819980080020133
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
1998 Volume.8 No. 2 p.133 ~ p.138
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Study on the Absorption of Ceftezole Phthalimidyl Ester
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Lee Jin-Hwan
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Phthalimidyl ester of ceftezole (CFZ-PT) was synthesized as a prodrug by esterification of ceftezole (CFZ) with N-bromophthalimide. CFZ-PT was more lipophilic than CFZ when the lipophilicity was assessed by partition coefficients between n-octanol and water at various pH. The pharmacokinetic characteristic of CFZ-PT and CFZ preparations were compared following oral administrations of these compounds to rabbits. CFZ-PT is expected to be metabolized rapidly to CFZ in the body. The metabolism process appears to be hydrolysis of the ester to CFZ, the parent drug of CFZ-PT. In vivo metabolism of CFZ-PT to CFZ was confirmed in rabbit by HPLC analysis. CFZ concentration in the serum samples taken after oral administration of CFZ-PT(equivalent amount of CFZ) were released and higher than those of CFZ. Oral bioavailability of CFZ-PT was 1.9 fold higher than at of CFZ in rabbits because of enhanced lipophilicity and absorption. Finally, it was concluded that CFZ-PT appears useful as a prodrug of CFZ to improve the oral bioavailability of CFZ.
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