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Abstract
Based on a stochastic pharmacokinetical model (which mirrors topological properties of the circulatory system) it is shown by reinterpreting results of Wise (1974) that if the transit times of circulating drug molecules have a generalized inverse Gaussian distribution the corresponding residence times are gamma distributed. The condition that the probability of elimination of a drug molecule in a single circulatory passage is sufficiently small appears to be valid for most drugs. Thus theoretical evidence is given for fitting blood concentration-time curves following bolus injection of a single dose by power functions of time.Mesh:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6491545 DOI: 10.1007/bf00275864
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Math Biol ISSN: 0303-6812 Impact factor: 2.259