Effects of Green Tea Extracts on the Pharmacokinetics of Quetiapine in Rats

Journal Article

Iqbal, Essam Ezzeldin, Yousif A. Asiri, and Muzaffar . 2015

• Magazine \ Newspaper: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Issue Number: 615285
• Volume Number: 2015
• Pages: 1-4

Publication Abstract

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic, used clinically in the treatment of schizophrenia, acute mania in bipolar disorders, and bipolar depression in adults. In this study, the effect of green tea extracts (GTE) on the pharmacokinetics of quetiapine (substrate of CYP3A4) was investigated in rats. Male Wistar albino rats received GTE (175mg/kg) or saline (control) by oral gavage for 7 days before a single intragastric administration of 25mg/kg quetiapine. Plasma concentrations of quetiapine were measured up to 12 h after its administration by a validated ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandemmass spectroscopy. Pretreatment with GTE produced significant reductions in the maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve of quetiapine by 45% and 35%, respectively, compared to quetiapine alone. However, GTE did not produce significant change in elimination half-life and oral clearance of quetiapine. This study concluded that GTE may decrease the bioavailability of quetiapine when coadministered.