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Table 1 Intracellular concentrations of ciclesonide, des-CIC, and des-CIC-oleate during incubation with 2 × 10-8 M ciclesonide

From: Ciclesonide uptake and metabolism in human alveolar type II epithelial cells (A549)

Incubation time (min)

Mean concentration ± SD (pmol/dish)a)

 

Ciclesonide

des-CIC

des-CIC-oleateb)

3

15.04 ± 2.48

0.41 ± 0.05

0.00 ± 0.00

5

17.86 ± 2.30

0.33 ± 0.19

0.00 ± 0.00

10

36.63 ± 23.48

0.67 ± 0.13

0.02 ± 0.05

20

34.22 ± 9.15

0.97 ± 0.14

0.12 ± 0.07

30

48.21 ± 5.19

1.72 ± 0.14

0.40 ± 0.06

  1. a) 5 dishes per time point
  2. b) Conjugates of des-CIC with palmitic acid were almost undetectable.