%0 Journal Article %T Oral Bioavailability of Simvastatin Novel Formulation in Albino Rats %A Singla.N %A Gupta.G.D %A Kohli.K %A Jain %J Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology %D 2009 %I %X The aim of this study was to compare the single dose oral bioavailability of two formulations of Simvastatin in albino rats. Plasma was analyzed for simvastatin using a sensitive, reproducible, accurate and validated LC-MS/MS method. Pharmacokinetic parameters including AUC0-t, AUC0-¡Þ, Cmax, Tmax, and t1/2 were determined from plasma concentration for both formulations. Self-emulsifying Formulation of simvastatin showed a significant improvement in bioavailability (1.5 fold) as compared with the conventional tablets. %K Bioavailability %K Pharmacokinetics %K LC-MS/MS %K Simvastatin %U http://www.onlinepharmacytech.info/docs/vol1issue2/JPST09-01-02-07.pdf