Properties of two of the stochastic circulatory models theoretically introduced by Smith
et al., 1997, Bull. Math. Biol.
59, 1–22 were investigated. The models assumed the gamma distribution of the cycle time under either the geometric or Poisson
elimination scheme. The reason for selecting these models was the fact that the probability density functions of the residence
time of these models are formally similar to those of the Bateman and gamma-like function models, i.e., the two common deterministic
models. Using published data, the analytical forms of the probability density functions of the residence time and the distributions
of the simulated values of the residence time were determined on the basis of the deterministic models and the stochastic
circulatory models, respectively. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test revealed that even for 1000 xenobiotic particles, i.e., a relatively
small number if the particles imply drug molecules, the probability density functions of the residence time based on the deterministic
models closely matched the distributions of the simulated values of the residence time obtained on the basis of the stochastic
circulatory models, provided that parameters of the latter models fulfilled selected conditions.