Intestinal Absorptive Transport of Genkwanin from Flos genkwa Using a Single-Pass Intestinal Perfusion Rat Model.

Intestinal Absorptive Transport of Genkwanin from Flos genkwa Using a Single-Pass Intestinal Perfusion Rat Model. Am J Chin Med. 2014;42(2):349-59 Authors: Jiang CP, He X, Yang XL, Zhang SL, Li H, Song ZJ, Zhang CF, Yang ZL, Li P Abstract To investigate the absorptive transport behavior of genkwanin and the beneficial effects of monoterpene enhancers with different functional groups, the single-pass intestinal perfusion (SPIP) of rats was used. The results showed that genkwanin was segmentally-dependent and the best absorptive site was the duodenum. The effective permeability coefficient (P eff ) was 1.97 × 10(-4) cm/s and the absorption rate constant (Ka) was 0.62 × 10(-2) s(-1). Transepithelial transportation descended with increasing concentrations of genkwanin. This was a 1.4-fold increase in P eff by probenecid, whereas a 1.4-fold or 1.6-fold decrease was observed by verapamil and pantoprazole, respectively. Furthermore, among the absorption enhancers, the enhancement with carbonyl (camphor and menthone) was higher than that with hydroxyl (borneol and menthol). The concentration-independent permeability and enhancement by coperfusion of probenecid indicated that genkwanin was transported by both passive diffusion and multidrug resistance protein (MDR)-mediated efflux mechanisms. PMID: 24707867 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The American Journal of Chinese Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Am J Chin Med Source Type: research