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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38813829

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This article details the outcome of a joint reflective approach undertaken by the authors to identify common difficulties experienced by 2nd-year undergraduate Biochemistry students in laboratory classes. Difficulties experienced in laboratories can affect the development of hand skills, an understanding of how to correctly operate laboratory equipment and the linkage between didactic content and their experimental demonstration. These difficulties covered were identified based on their common appearance across multiple cohorts and are grouped into five broad areas. The context of the laboratory exercises is detailed and the common difficulties experienced by students are outlined. The potential causes of these difficulties are then discussed along with the approaches and strategies that were implemented to help resolve future occurrences. The approach and resources developed to address these difficulties may help other Biochemistry educators who are facing similar experiences with their undergraduate students.

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Drug Metab Dispos ; 45(5): 569-575, 2017 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28188296

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The aim of this study was to determine the effects of garlic and ginkgo herbal extracts on the pharmacokinetics of the P-glycoprotein (P-gp)/organic anion-transporting polypeptides (Oatps) substrate fexofenadine. Male rats were dosed orally with garlic (120 mg/kg), ginkgo (17 mg/kg), St. John's wort (SJW; 1000 mg/kg; positive control), or Milli-Q water for 14 days. On day 15, rats either were administered fexofenadine (orally or i.v.), had their livers isolated and perfused with fexofenadine, or had their small intestines divided into four segments (SI-SIV) and analyzed for P-gp and Oatp1a5. In vivo, SJW increased the clearance of i.v. administered fexofenadine by 28%. Garlic increased the area under the curve0-∞ and maximum plasma concentration of orally administered fexofenadine by 47% and 85%, respectively. Ginkgo and SJW had no effect on the oral absorption of fexofenadine. In the perfused liver, garlic, ginkgo, and SJW increased the biliary clearance of fexofenadine with respect to perfusate by 71%, 121%, and 234%, respectively. SJW increased the biliary clearance relative to the liver concentration by 64%. The ratio of liver to perfusate concentrations significantly increased in all treated groups. The expression of Oatp1a5 in SI was increased by garlic (88%) and SJW (63%). There were no significant changes in the expression of P-gp. Induction of intestinal Oatp1a5 by garlic may explain the increased absorption of orally administered fexofenadine. Ginkgo had no effect on the expression of intestinal P-gp or Oatp1a5. A dual inductive effect by SJW on opposing intestinal epithelial transport by Oatp1a5 and P-gp remains a possibility.


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ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism , Garlic/chemistry , Ginkgo biloba/chemistry , Hypericum/chemistry , Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent/metabolism , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Terfenadine/analogs & derivatives , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/genetics , Administration, Oral , Animals , Drug Interactions , Injections, Intravenous , Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism , Liver/metabolism , Male , Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Independent/genetics , Perfusion , Plant Extracts/isolation & purification , Rats , Substrate Specificity , Terfenadine/administration & dosage , Terfenadine/blood , Terfenadine/pharmacokinetics , Tissue Distribution
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J Pharm Pharmacol ; 61(8): 1037-42, 2009 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19703347

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OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effects of St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) on the disposition of fexofenadine, a substrate of P-glycoprotein/organic anion transporting polypeptide, in the isolated perfused rat liver. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were given St John's wort, 1000 mg/kg, by intragastric gavage once daily for 14 days. On day 15, livers were isolated surgically and perfused in a recirculating system with fexofenadine (2 microg/ml), either alone or following addition of ciclosporin (0.5 microg/ml) 5 min before the addition of fexofenadine. Perfusate samples and bile were collected for 60 min. Fexofenadine in perfusate, bile and the homogenised livers was measured by HPLC. KEY FINDINGS: Administration of St John's wort significantly increased biliary clearance with respect to perfusate and biliary clearance with respect to the concentration in the liver, by 74% and 71%, respectively. This was reversed by ciclosporin. CONCLUSIONS: St John's wort enhanced the elimination of fexofenadine into the bile. This could be because it increases the activity of P-glycoprotein on the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes.


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Histamine H1 Antagonists, Non-Sedating/pharmacokinetics , Hypericum/chemistry , Plant Extracts/pharmacology , Terfenadine/analogs & derivatives , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/drug effects , ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1/metabolism , Animals , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Cyclosporine/pharmacology , Drug Interactions , Hepatocytes/drug effects , Liver/metabolism , Male , Rats , Rats, Sprague-Dawley , Terfenadine/pharmacokinetics
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