DISTRIBUTION AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF TOPICALLY APPLIED NORFLOXACIN EYEDROP IN THE RABBIT EYE. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):194-198(1993)
DISTRIBUTION AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF TOPICALLY APPLIED NORFLOXACIN EYEDROP IN THE RABBIT EYE. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (3):194-198(1993) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.1993.03.008.
DISTRIBUTION AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF TOPICALLY APPLIED NORFLOXACIN EYEDROP IN THE RABBIT EYE
The intraocular penetration and pharmacokinetio analysis of norfloxacin were dbserved.The concentration of norfloxacin was measured successflly by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) after topically applying 0.3% norfloxacin eyedrops to rabbit eyes. The results showed that norfloxacin could rapidly penetrate into rabbit ocular tissues. The concentration order was cornea
iris-ciliary body
lens
vitreous body
aqueous humour. Among all tissues concentration of norf loxacin in cornea was the highest. The permeability of norfloxacin in cornea epithelial barrier(Kep)was 2.91 10-’.The half-life ( Tl/2)of tha tissue concentration in lacritnal fluid
cornea
aqueous humour
iris-ciliary body
lens and vitreous body was 2.99h
0.69h
1.82h
1.18h
1.23h and O.Slh
respectively. The peak conc-entration(Cmax) of norfloxacin in the tissues was 9.18p.g/g in cornea
0.35ng/ml in aqueous humour
5.l7|ig/g in iris-ciliary body
1.36|ig/g in lens and 0.59ug/ml in vitreous. The experiment indicates that norfloxacin can maintain higher concentration in lacrimal fluid and cornea. Therefore
it is the first choice of drugs for treatment of superficial ocular infection