Abstract
This paper presents to investigate the levels of Huperzine A in plasma and CSF of rats after three different kinds of administrations and to find out whether intranasal administration is the best root to transfer the drug into the CNS. The drugs of two doses (167 and 500 μg/kg) were administered to male Sprague–Dawley rats intravenously, intranasally and intragastricly, respectively. Series plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were collected from femoral artery and cisterna magna for 6 h. The drug concentrations were determined by HPLC-fluorescence method. The AUC plasma and the AUC CSF of intranasal administration were 90.3% and 127.7% in low dose group (167 μg/kg) and 91.3% and 69.4% in high dose group (500 μg/kg) compared with intravenous administration. The AUC plasma and the AUC CSF of intragastric administration were 98.9% and 52.1% in high dose group (500 μg/kg) compared with intravenous administration.
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