| Literature DB >> 26208572 |
Sooraj Baijnath1, Suhashni Naiker, Adeola Shobo, Chivonne Moodley, John Adamson, Bongani Ngcobo, Linda A Bester, Sanil Singh, Hendrik G Kruger, Tricia Naicker, Thavendran Govender.
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This is the first report of clofazimine (CFZ) penetration and distribution in normal mouse brain. Mice were administered 25 mg/kg CFZ or 100 mg/kg CFZ orally, daily for 2 weeks. Animals were sacrificed and blood and brain tissues were harvested. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry showed high concentrations of CFZ in homogenized brain, with 100 mg/kg dose having significantly higher concentration than 25 mg/kg. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization spectrometric imaging of brain sections showed widespread tissue distribution of CFZ. Our results show dose dependent localization in brain.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26208572 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-015-9634-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Histol ISSN: 1567-2379 Impact factor: 2.611