Table 1

Relationship between the area under concentration-time curve (AUC) or AUC for unbound drugs (AUCu) and the hepatic blood flow (Qh), the hepatic intrinsic clearance (CLint,h), and the blood unbound fraction (fb) based on the well-stirred model (Wilkinson, 1983)

AdministrationConditionAUCtotalAUCu
General Embedded Image Embedded Image
IntravenousQh≪fb · CLint,h Embedded Image Embedded Image
Qh≫fb · CLint,h Embedded Image Embedded Image
OralAll Embedded Image Embedded Image