Pharmacokinetic interaction of some antitubercular drugs with caraway: implications in the enhancement of drug bioavailability

Hum Exp Toxicol. 2009 Apr;28(4):175-84. doi: 10.1177/0960327108097431.

Abstract

This study deals with the pharmacokinetic interaction of selected anti-TB drugs with a natural product (CC-1a) derived from caraway (Carum carvi, L.) seed. CC-1a, chemically standardized butanolic fraction, enhanced the plasma levels of rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and isoniazid in Wistar rat, resulting in increased bioavailability indices (C(max) and AUC) of the drugs. Moreover, a 40% reduced dose regimen of these drugs, which additionally contained CC-1a, was equivalent in terms of C(max) and AUC to a normal dose regimen. A permeation-enhancing property of CC-1a across small intestinal absorptive surface was found to be a contributing factor in its bioavailability enhancing profile.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Area Under Curve
  • Biological Availability
  • Carum / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Drug Interactions
  • Female
  • Intestinal Absorption / drug effects
  • Intestinal Mucosa / drug effects
  • Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism
  • Isoniazid / pharmacokinetics
  • Jejunum / metabolism
  • Male
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Pyrazinamide / pharmacokinetics
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reference Standards
  • Rifampin / pharmacokinetics
  • Seeds / chemistry
  • Solvents

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Plant Extracts
  • Solvents
  • Pyrazinamide
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin