[Evaluation of major pharmacokinetic parameters of high molecular weight polyethylene oxide using polymer hydrodynamic properties]

Eksp Klin Farmakol. 2000 Jul-Aug;63(4):53-6.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The pharmacokinetics of high-molecular-weight polyethylene oxide (HMW PEO)--a parent compound in the polietoks drug--was experimentally studied in cats. A PEO concentration in the blood was determined by measuring a decrease in the hydrodynamic resistance for a blood sample flowing in the turbulent mode via a glass capillary. Variation of the polymer concentration in the blood is described by a single-exponent function with an elimination halftime of T1/2 = 3.15 h. According to the calculation, 99.6% of the initial amount of PEO losses the antiturbulent activity within 24 h.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood
  • Cats
  • Female
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Molecular Weight
  • Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry
  • Polyethylene Glycols / pharmacokinetics*
  • Rheology

Substances

  • Polyethylene Glycols