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Two doxycycline derivatives Doxycycline polyphosphate and Doxycycline hydrochloride were administered to rats at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight. Doxycycline tissue levels were determined using a microbiological assay.
Only an insignificant fraction of the antibiotics was found to cross the blood brain barrier. Doxycycline was highly concentrated in excretory organs: liver, kidneys and caecum. The high intestinal drug level observed is probably related to the entero-hepatic cycle of this antibiotic.
There was a good correlation between serum and heart doxycycline concentration; heart level was about twice that of serum. In lung, antibiotic level was always higher than in serum.
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Michel, G., Mosser, J. & Olle, J. Pharmacokinetics and tissue localization of doxycycline polyphosphate and doxycycline hydrochloride in the rat. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 9, 149–153 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03189618
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