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SUBMITTER: Bang YY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bang Young Yoon YY Song Im-Sook IS Lee Min Seo MS Lim Chang Ho CH Cho Yong-Yeon YY Lee Joo Young JY Kang Han Chang HC Lee Hye Suk HS
Pharmaceutics 20220401 4
The toxicokinetics of β-amanitin, a toxic bicyclic octapeptide present abundantly in Amanitaceae mushrooms, was evaluated in mice after intravenous (iv) and oral administration. The area under plasma concentration curves (AUC) following iv injection increased in proportion to doses of 0.2, 0.4, and 0.8 mg/kg. β-amanitin disappeared rapidly from plasma with a half-life of 18.3−33.6 min, and 52.3% of the iv dose was recovered as a parent form. After oral administration, the AUC again increased in ...[more]