The animals were divided into two groups. Group 1 (6 animals) received pure telmisartan (1 mg/kg) with 0.5% w/v sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and Group 2 (6 animals) received optimized cocrystals (equivalent to 1 mg/kg pure telmisartan) with 0.5% w/v sodium carboxymethylcellulose. Blood samples were collected at predetermined time intervals from the retro-orbital venous plexus of the rats and centrifuged for 5 min at 10,000 rpm. The plasma was separated and drug analysis was carried out by RP-HPLC method [47 ] using the software ‘Class-Vp series version 5.03 (Shimadzu)’. The in vivo pharmacokinetic parameters such as peak plasma concentration (Cmax), total area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC0–∞), elimination rate constant (KE), and relative bioavailability (%) were calculated by using Kinetica software (version 4.4.1; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA).
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