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Petric Z, Paixão P, Filipe A, Guimarães Morais J. Clinical Pharmacology of Vinpocetine: Properties Revisited and Introduction of a Population Pharmacokinetic Model for Its Metabolite, Apovincaminic Acid (AVA). Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2502. [PMID: 37896263 PMCID: PMC10610279 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15102502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
This paper examines the use of vinpocetine in the context of clinical pharmacology. The main and active metabolite of vinpocetine is apovincaminic acid (AVA). Due to the scarce information in the literature on AVA pharmacokinetics, we propose a population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) model for AVA based on a study in healthy volunteers with three different formulations of vinpocetine. The suggested PopPK model (and simulations) could be helpful in ensuring the more effective and safer use of the vinpocetine in the future given the increasing range of suggested indications for its use.
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- Zvonimir Petric
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Medical Department, Tecnimede, Sociedade Técnico-Medicinal, S.A., Zona Industrial da Abrunheira, Rua da Tapada Grande, No. 2 Abrunheira, 2710-089 Sintra, Portugal
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
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Khalil NY, Bakheit AH, Alkahtani HM, Al-Muhanna T. Vinpocetine (A comprehensive profile). PROFILES OF DRUG SUBSTANCES, EXCIPIENTS, AND RELATED METHODOLOGY 2022; 47:1-54. [PMID: 35396012 DOI: 10.1016/bs.podrm.2021.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Vinpocetine (VIN) is a herbal supplement extracted from the periwinkle plant. It is a multi-action agent, which is used to treat various neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Vinpocetine has also anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant property and treats various thinking and memory problems. Currently, vinpocetine is also available in the market as a dietary supplement to enhance cognition and memory. This profile explains the physicochemical properties, methods of preparation, content of related impurities and different spectroscopical behavior of vinpocetine. It also discusses the reported methods of analysis of the drug, which include Compendial Methods, Electrochemical Methods, Spectrophotometric Methods and Chromatographic Methods of analysis. Furthermore, this profile explains the stability of the drug subjected to stress conditions of acid, alkaline and photolytic degradation. In addition, the clinical applications of the drug, its uses, side effects, dosing information, pharmacokinetics and mechanism of action are also discussed.
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- Nasr Y Khalil
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ma Q, Dai M, Zhang H, Bai L, He N. Effect of different doses of borneol on the pharmacokinetics of vinpocetine in rat plasma and brain after intraocular administration. Xenobiotica 2019; 50:580-587. [PMID: 31424307 DOI: 10.1080/00498254.2019.1658139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The effect of different doses of borneol on the pharmacokinetics of vinpocetine after intraocular administration in the rat plasma and the brain was investigated.Intraocular administration of vinpocetine (3 mg/kg) was performed, in combination with different doses (0, 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg) of borneol. Intravenous administration of vinpocetine was used as a control (1 mg/kg). The concentrations of vinpocetine in the rat plasma and the brain were determined using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. Using the non-compartmental models with the DSA 2.0 software, the main pharmacokinetics parameters and the brain-targeting effect evaluated.In comparison with intravenous administration, after intraocular administration of vinpocetine alone, the absolute bioavailability (F) of vinpocetine was 43.82% for the plasma, and the drug target index (DTI) was 1.05 for the brain. After intraocular administration of vinpocetine combined with different doses of borneol, the relative bioavailability (Fr) of vinpocetine in the plasma was increased by 130.46-182.90%. The relative bioavailability (Fr) of vinpocetine in the brain was improved (147.19-225.36%). The DTI was 1.12, 1.18, and 1.21 for 5, 10, and 20 mg/kg of borneol, respectively.Compared with the intraocular administration of vinpocetine alone, the co-administration of different doses of borneol resulted in an obvious brain targeting effect.
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- Qun Ma
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China.,Institute of Pharmaceutics, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Hefei, China.,Education Office of Anhui Province, Engineering Technology Research Center of Modernized Pharmaceutics, Hefei, China
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Wang M, Wang L, Sun J, Zhang L, Zhao L, Xiong Z. Simultaneous Determination of Vinpocetine and its Major Active Metabolite Apovincaminic Acid in Rats by UPLC-MS/MS and its Application to the Brain Tissue Distribution Study. J Chromatogr Sci 2017; 56:225-232. [DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/bmx104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Manman Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- Microalgae Engineering Technology Research Center of Gansu Province, Hexi University, No. 846 Beihuan Road, Zhangye, 734000, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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Yang Y, Lou K, Gong W, Mei XG, Zhang KC. Simultaneous Estimation of Vinpocetine and Its Metabolite, Apovincaminic Acid, in Beagle Plasma by LC-MS-MS. Chromatographia 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10337-011-1937-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Determination of vinpocetine and its primary metabolite, apovincaminic acid, in rat plasma by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2010; 878:1959-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2010.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vlase L, Imre S, Leucuta S. New HPLC–MS method for quantitative determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma. J Sep Sci 2006; 29:385-9. [PMID: 16544880 DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200500284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A fast and sensitive HPLC-MS method for the quantification of apovincaminic acid, a vinpocetine metabolite, in human plasma has been developed and validated. After protein precipitation with methanol, 10 mL of supernatant was injected at 45 degrees C onto a Zorbax SB-C18 column. Elution was performed in less than three minutes with water containing 0.2% formic acid and acetonitrile (80:20) at 0.75 mL/min. A linearity domain between 4 and 240 ng/mL and a limit of quantification of 4 ng/mL apovincaminic acid were established by monitoring the signal corresponding to m/z = 323. Accuracy and precision were less than 5.2% for within-run assay and 10% for between-run assay. The method was successfully applied in a bioequivalence study of two pharmaceutical products containing 5 mg vinpocetine.
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- Laurian Vlase
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Chen J, Cai J, Tao W, Mei N, Cao S, Jiang X. Determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography using solid-phase extraction and ultraviolet detection. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2006; 830:201-6. [PMID: 16321580 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2005.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A new, simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with UV detection has been developed for the determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma. Apovincaminic acid and internal standard were isolated from plasma samples by solid-phase extraction with OASIS HLB cartridges. The chromatographic separation was accomplished on a reversed-phase C(18) column and UV detection was set at 311 nm. The calibration curves were linear in the concentration range of 2.4-240.0 ng/ml, and the limits of quantification was 2.4 ng/ml. The precision and accuracy ranged from 0.84 to 8.54% and 91.5 to 108.3%, respectively. The developed method was subsequently applied to study the pharmacokinetics of apovincaminic acid in a group of 20 human subjects at a single oral dose of 10mg of vinpocetine tablet.
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- Jun Chen
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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Maya MT, Pais JP, Araújo HM, Morais JA. Determination of apovincaminic acid in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1996; 14:617-22. [PMID: 8738192 DOI: 10.1016/0731-7085(95)01658-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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An isocratic high-performance liquid chromatographic method is described for the quantitative analysis of low concentrations of apovincaminic acid (AVA) in blood plasma. AVA, interfering plasma components and primidone (used as the internal standard) were separated on a reversed-phase column of LiChrospher 60 RP-Select B (125 mm x 3 mm i.d.; 5 microns) (Merck). A UV-Vis detector was used at a wavelength of 254 nm. Each chromatographic separation was completed in 14 min and the results showed a relative recovery which varied between 95.9 and 116%, a good overall precision (relative standard deviation, 7.00%) and sensitivity over a linear range of 5.00-300 ng ml-1 (R = 0.999) for AVA in plasma. The method was applied to the analysis of plasma samples obtained from healthy subjects treated with one single oral dose of 20 mg of vinpocetine. The results indicate the method to be suitable for pharmacokinetic studies.
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- M T Maya
- Centro de Metabolismos e Genética, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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