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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The intestinal absorption of neotuberostemonine and neostenine, two major bioactive alkaloids of the commonly used antitussive traditional Chinese medicine Stemona tuberosa Lour, was investigated using a Caco-2 monolayer model. Both alkaloids exhibited a high absorptive permeability which was higher for neostenine [P(app(AB)) = 12.03 +/- 1.14 x 10 (-6) cm/s] than for neotuberostemonine [P(app(AB)) = 9.27 +/- 0.79 x 10 (-6) cm/s], indicating that they are likely to be well absorbed and orally active. Furthermore, both alkaloids were identified to be the substrates of P-glycoprotein and have a transport preference from the basolateral to apical direction with efflux ratios between 2 and 3. Cyclosporin A dose-dependently inhibited the secretory permeability of these alkaloids and abolished their active efflux transport.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0032-0943
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
72
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Intestinal absorption of Stemona alkaloids in a Caco-2 cell model.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, SAR.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article