Pharmacokinetics of DA-8159, a new PDE5 inhibitor, after single and 1-week repeated oral administrations in mice

DA-8159 is a new PDEV (Phosphodiesterase V) inhibitor, synthesized by Dong-A Pharm., as an oral agent to treat male erectile dysfunction. To make a selection of the dosage of oral administration in carcinogenic studies, we studied preliminarily the pharmacokinetics of DA-8159 after single (at the 1$\^$st/ day) and 1-week (at the 7$\^$th/ day) oral administrations of the drug at doses of 15, 50 and 150 mg/kg/day, to male ICR mice. In 15mg/kg single and 1-week repeated oral administration groups, the concentrations of DA-8159 and DA-8164(the main metabolite of DA-8159) were below the limit of quantitation(LOQ:50ng/ml). (omitted)