Oseltamivir Phosphate

Oseltamivir phosphate (OP) is a prodrug that is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract after oral administration and is extensively converted predominantly by hepatic esterases to Oseltamivir carboxylate (OC)[1]. Oseltamivir phosphate is a widely used anti-influenza sialidase inhibitor. The metabolic activity of CMA07 and CMT-U27 cell lines is significantly decreased with 305 μM Oseltamivir phosphate treatment (p=0.005 and p<0.0001 respectively) using One Way ANOVA testes. In contrast, no statistically significant alterations are observed with 0.305 μM (p=0.9781), 3.05 μM (p=0.7436) and 30.5 μM (p=0.9623) of Oseltamivir phosphate treatments when compare with control cells.