[<sup>18</sup>F]Atorvastatin Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution in Healthy Female and Male Rats
Gonçalo S. Clemente, Inês F. Antunes, Jürgen W. A. Sijbesma, Aren van Waarde, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Alexander Dömlingꝉ, Philip H. Elsinga
Abstract
F]atorvastatin showed faster uptake and clearance in female compared to male rats, apparently related to higher efficiency for exchange between arterial blood and hepatic tissue.
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AtorvastatinBiodistributionPharmacokineticsPharmacologyStandardized uptake valuePositron emission tomographyHMG-CoA reductaseChemistryBlood samplingMedicineReductaseInternal medicineNuclear medicineEndocrinologyEnzymeBiochemistryIn vitroLipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthCancer, Lipids, and MetabolismCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics