Studies on pharmacokinetics of artemether patch in mice / 中国中药杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To establish a HPLC-MS-MS determination method of artemether (ARM) and active derivatives DHA, and compare the pharmacokinetic parameters of ARM after transdermal and oral administration.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The mice were divided two groups (transdermal and oral) by parallel design. ARM and active derivatives DHA in plasma of mice at different sampling time were determined. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by DAS 2.0 and by statistic analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>compare oral administration, the pharmacokinetic parameters of ARM after transdermal, Cmax Tmax , AUC(0-t) MRT, had significant difference (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The artemether patch has long-releasing property.</p>