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A toxicokinetic analysis in a patient with acute glufosinate poisoning

M Kobayashi

Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama, Niigata City 950-8739, Japan

K Koyama

Y Kohda

Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuda, Ibaraki, 305-0006, Japan

T Tanaka

H Honda

Emergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama, Niigata City 950-8739, Japan

Y Hori

Department of Pharmacy, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama, Niigata City 950-8739, Japan

K Yoshida

M Kikuchi

Department of Nephrology, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama, Niigata City 950-8739, Japan

Incidents of poisoning in humans caused by the ingestion of the glufosinate ammonium containing herbicides are gradually increasing in Japan. This poisoning is characterized by various neurological symptoms such as disturbances of consciousness, convulsions and apnea which appear after an asymptomatic interval of several hours. We studied the toxicokinetics of glufosinate in a patient with this poisoning successfully treated without extracorporeal hemopurification. A 65-year-old male ingested BASTA, which contains 20% w/v of glufosinate ammonium, about 300 ml, more than the estimated human toxic dose. Four and a half hours after ingestion, he showed speech ataxia and systemic tremor. He was prophylactically intubated before the occurrence of serious respiratory failure. After 5 days of artificial ventilation he was extubated and discharged without any sequelae. We studied the serial change of serum glufosinate concentration every 3-6 h and assessed the urinary excretion of glufosinate every 24 h. The absorbed amount of glufosinate was estimated from the cumulative excreted in urine. Toxicokinetic analysis was performed using the two-compartment model. The changes in serum glufosinate concentration exhibited T_1/2 of 1.84 and T_1/2 of 9.59 h. The apparent distribution volume at b-phase and the total body clearance were 1.44 l/kg and 86.6 ml/min, respectively. Renal clearance was estimated to be 77.9 ml/ min. The indication for extracorporeal hemopurification for this poisoning has been discussed.

Key Words: glufosinate ammonium • herbicide • poisoning • toxicokinetics • hemopurification

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 18, No. 5, 305-308 (1999)
DOI: 10.1191/096032799678840110


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