Table 3

Comparison of kinetic parameters among rats, dogs and humans

Km1 (μM)Vmax1 (nmol/min/g liver)Embedded Image (ml/min/g liver)Embedded Image (ml/min/g liver)      Km2 (μM)Vmax2 (nmol/min/g liver)Embedded Image (ml/min/g liver)Embedded ImageCLns (ml/min/g liver)CLns/CLint,  in vitro
Rat (n = 3)13.4  (5.1)520  (142)38.8  (6.4)38.8  (6.4)1.00
Dog (n = 3)8.10  (3.2)10.9  (4.1)1.35  (0.23)2.64  (0.64)0.511  (0.040)890  (249)570  (113)0.640  (0.057)0.242  (0.040)0.650  (0.450)0.246  (0.119)
Human4-a(n = 12)1.67  (0.82)1.17  (0.72)0.759  (0.413)0.944  (0.522)0.804  (0.080)654  (339)73.7  (53.2)0.123  (0.089)0.130  (0.053)0.062  (0.064)0.066  (0.048)
  • Numbers in parentheses represent the standard deviations of the mean values.

  • 4-a The human data were taken from Iwatsuboet al., 1997b.