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Table 2 Physiological, experimental, and final calculated parameters for PBPK models established in this study

From: Pharmacokinetics of duloxetine self-administered in overdose with quetiapine and other antipsychotic drugs in a Japanese patient admitted to hospital

Parameter Abbreviation (unit) Duloxetine Flunitrazepam Quetiapine Trazodone
Model input parameters
 Molecular weight MW 297 313 384 372
 Octanol–water partition coefficient logP 4.26 1.78 2.99 3.85
 Plasma unbound fraction fu,p 0.114 0.324 0.125 0.0732
 Blood–plasma concentration ratio Rb 0.843 0.921 0.852 0.805
 Liver–plasma concentration ratio Kp,h 3.18 1.17 2.69 3.01
 Fraction absorbed × intestinal availability Fa·Fg 1 1 1 1
 Absorption rate constant ka (1/h) 0.372 ± 0.007a 2.48 ± 0.05 2.86 ± 0.05 1.12 ± 0.26
 Transfer rate constant k12 (1/h) 0.28 ± 0.02
 Transfer rate constant k21 (1/h) 0.04 ± 0.01
 Volume of systemic circulation V1 (L) 755 ± 1a 80.7 ± 0.1 206 ± 1 66.2 ± 9.5
 Hepatic intrinsic clearance CLh,int (L/h) 385 ± 1a 15.8 ± 0.1 954 ± 1 173 ± 16
 Hepatic clearance CLh (L/h) 30.2 4.84 53.4 11.2
 Renal clearance CLr (L/h) 3.0 0.48 5.3 1.1
Estimated values
 Cmax in plasma ng/mL 44.9 (0.93)b 9.12 (1.08) 44.2 (0.98) 491 (0.72)
 AUC in plasma ng·h/mL 1210 (1.19) 52.1 (1.02) 172 (0.95) 3610 (0.77)
Reported levels
 Cmax in plasma ng/mL 48.5 ± 8.3c 8.47d 45.0e 681 ± 128f
 AUC in plasma ng·h/mL 1020 ± 220 51.2 181 4670 ± 790
  1. aData are means ± standard deviations by fitting to measured concentrations. bValues in parentheses are ratios to the reported/observed values. Reported/observed blood levels were taken from the literature: c [16], d [17], e [18], and f [19]