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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, the gastric emptying rate and oro-caecal transit time of two liquid volumes (20 and 60 ml) were compared in unfed cynomolgus monkeys. First, the acetaminophen method was used to determine the gastric half-emptying time (t(50%)). The mean t(50%) from seven monkeys was 21.2 min for the 20-ml volume and 27.8 min for the 60-ml volume. This mean t(50%) in monkeys is similar to that reported previously in fasting humans. Next, the sulfasalazine-sulfapyridine method was used to determine median oro-caecal transit times for the 2 liquid volumes; these times were 2.5 h for the 20-ml volume and 2.3 h for the 60-ml volume, which are about 1.5 h shorter than previously reported transit times in humans. An increase in volume administered did not significantly change either the t(50%) or oro-caecal transit time. The data also show that variability in both t(50%) and oro-caecal transit time within each monkey is not as great as the large variability between monkeys. Consequently, cynomolgus monkeys are good model animals to use for studies on the gastric emptying of drug-containing liquids after fasting; however, analysis of results from bioavailability studies must compensate for differences in the oro-caecal transit time between monkeys and humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0142-2782
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Gastrointestinal transit of liquids in unfed cynomolgus monkeys.
pubmed:affiliation
Novel Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Institute for Technology Development, Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 180 Ozumi, Yaizu-shi, Shizuoka 425-0072, Japan. kondo@yamanouchi.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study