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BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY
Volume 95, Issue 6, Pages 295-298Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2004.t01-1-pto950508.x
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Astragaloside IV is an important constituent of Radix Astragali, a herbal remedy widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. Radix Astragali is administered orally but little is known about the transport properties and bioavailability of astragaloside IV In this paper we report studies of the absorption of astragaloside IV in the perfused rat intestinal model, transport and uptake in Caco-2 cell monolayers and in vivo bioavailability in rat after an oral dose. In the perfused rat intestinal model, absorption of astragaloside IV was low from an aqueous solution but was significantly higher from a solution of Radix Astragali. Absorption was not affected by bile duct ligation. Transport through Caco-2 cells gave a very low permeability value (mean P-app of 6.7 +/- 1.0 10(-8) cm/sec.) and uptake was unaffected by P-glycoprotein inhibitors. The absolute bioavailability of astragaloside IV in rat was 2.2%. The correlation between low permeability in vitro and poor bioavailability in vivo indicates in vitro absorption studies are useful in the evaluation of traditional Chinese medicines.
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