“…Blood (approximately 200 µL) was collected in heparin pre-treated microcentrifuge tubes via the femoral artery at 0, 1, 5, 15, 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 360, 480, and 1200 min after the intravenous dose and at 0, 5, 15, 30, 60, 120, 150, 180, 240, 360, 480, and 1200 min after the oral dose. Following centrifugation of the blood samples at 3000× g at 4 • C for 10 min [19], 100 µL aliquots of plasma were stored at −80 • C.…”