Table 1 Estimated pharmacokinetic parameters.

From: Pharmacokinetics of anti-Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare disease drugs in silkworms

Drug

Silkworm state

Dose (mg/kg)

Cmax (μg/mL)

AUC (μg hour/mL)

Half-life (hour)

CL (mL/min/kg)

Vss (mL/kg)

Clarithromycin

5th instar-day 1

10

16.1 ± 4.7

437.5 ± 60.6

19.4 ± 4.0

0.8 ± 0.1

1244.3 ± 373.5

5th instar-day 5

10

13.6 ± 3.0

477.5 ± 62.9

21.2 ± 5.2

0.7 ± 0.1

1242.7 ± 211.6

Azithromycin

5th instar-day 1

10

41.2 ± 6.6

362.8 ± 67.8

7.5 ± 0.8

0.5 ± 0.1

154.5 ± 27.9

5th instar-day 5

10

41.2 ± 9.1

410.6 ± 37.8

7.5 ± 0.5

0.4 ± 0.04

159.8 ± 30.0

Rifampicin

5th instar-day 1

20

4.0 ± 1.7

16.0 ± 8.9

1.9 ± 0.4

24.8 ± 10.6

1573.5 ± 916.0

5th instar-day 5

20

5.4 ± 2.4

18.0 ± 7.0

2.6 ± 1.0

21.1 ± 10.1

2791.3 ± 1959.0

Reference10

25

  

1.0

35.2

3100.0

Ethambutol

5th instar-day 1

20

22.0 ± 3.8

123.0 ± 38.9

3.9 ± 0.4

2.9 ± 0.9

79.6 ± 39.4

5th instar-day 5

20

19.7 ± 1.2

94.1 ± 9.4

6.7 ± 4.2

3.6 ± 0.3

176.2 ± 48.8

Clofazimine

5th instar-day 1

2

2.6 ± 0.3

49.7 ± 1.6

29.2 ± 11.5

0.7 ± 0.02

1122.1 ± 513.0

5th instar-day 5

2

2.3 ± 0.2

81.9 ± 7.7

35.1 ± 14.9

0.4 ± 0.04

1130.9 ± 298.5

Amikacin

5th instar-day 1

20

58.1 ± 10.5

7687.2 ± 2102.7

92.6 ± 48.6

0.05 ± 0.01

366.2 ± 120.8

5th instar-day 5

20

77.7 ± 13.9

13,781.1 ± 5949.0

120.5 ± 56.5

0.03 ± 0.01

255.3 ± 40.8

  1. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation.
  2. Cmax maximum concentration, AUC area under the concentration–time curve, CL total clearance, Vss volume of distribution at steady-state.