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. 2024 Jul 3;24:138. doi: 10.1186/s12894-024-01521-9

Table 2.

Ligand ADMET properties using pkCSM webserver

ADMET LIGANDS
Type Properties A B C D E F G H I
Absorption Water solubility (log mol/L) -5.421 -3.666 -3.161 -3.169 -4.286 -2.899 -4.874 -5.049 -4.837
Caco-2 permeability (log Papp in 10 cm/s) 0.547 0.751 1.71 0.883 1.014 0.121 1.446 1.407 1.009
Intestinal absorption (human) (% Absorbed) 92.836 91.032 97.599 86.587 89.765 84.897 85.961 95.756 90.906
Skin Permeability (log Kp) -2.763 -2.798 -3.278 -2.735 -2.735 -2.735 -2.96 -2.737 -2.73
P-glycoprotein substrate Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
P-glycoprotein I inhibitor Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
P-glycoprotein II inhibitor Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Distribution VDss (human) (log L/kg) 0.931 1.596 0.291 1.738 0.529 0.616 0.83 0.072 2.223
Fraction unbound (human) 0.025 0.204 0.45 0.423 0 0.185 0.193 0.136 0.041
BBB permeability (log BB) -0.647 -0.394 0.444 -0.738 0.222 0.004 0.488 0.414 0.847
CNS permeability (log PS) -2.484 -2.067 -3.007 -2.519 -1.342 0.487 -2.675 -1.209 -1.541
Metabolism CYP2D6 substrate No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes
CYP3A4 substrate Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CYP1A2 inhibitor No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CYP2C19 inhibitor No Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes
CYP2C9 inhibitor No No No No No Yes No No No
CYP2D6 inhibitor Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
CYP3A4 inhibitor Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Excretion Total Clearance (log ml/min/kg) 1.072 0.993 1.162 1.132 0.718 0.631 0.43 0.535 0.385
Renal OCT2 substrate Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Toxicity AMES toxicity No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No

Max. tolerated dose (human)

(log mg/kg/day)

-0.181 -0.019 0.306 0.105 0.41 0.107 -0.283 0.288 0.104
hERG I inhibitor No No No No Yes Yes No No No
hERG II inhibitor Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Oral Rat Acute Toxicity (LD50) (mol/kg) 2.973 2.793 2.096 2.951 2.252 2.442 2.926 2.236 2.751

Oral Rat Chronic Toxicity (LOAEL)

(log mg/kg_bw/day)

1.309 0.674 1.592 1.101 1.063 1.088 0.473 1.506 0.851
Hepatotoxicity No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
Skin Sensitisation No No Yes No No No No No No
T. Pyriformis toxicity (log ug/L) 0.667 0.327 0.46 0.305 0.287 0.285 1.186 0.489 1.057
Minnow toxicity (log mM) -1.947 -0.825 1.582 2.009 0.379 2.339 0.913 -1.289 4.016

Legend: A: Dexverapamil. B: Emetine. C: Parthenolide. D: Dobutamine. E: Terfenadine. F: Pimozide. G: Mefloquine. H: Ellipticine. I: Trifluoperazine. Based on pkCSM ADMET predictive model [Ref: 24], a compound is said to have high Caco-2 permeability at a value of > 0.90; poor GIA at less than 30% absorption; low skin permeability (logKp > -2.5); VDss is low at < 0.71 L/kg (log VDss < -0.15) and high at > 2.81 L/kg (log VDss > 0.45); BBB permeant at a logBB > 0.33 and non-permeant at logBB < -1; CNS permeant at a logPS > -2 and non-permeant at a logPS < -3; Tetrahymena pyriformis toxicity (pIGC50) at a value > − 0.5 log µg/L is considered toxic; minnow toxicity (LC50) at a value < 0.5 mM (logLC50 < -0.3) is regarded as high acute toxicity; maximum recommended tolerated doses (MRTD) of ≤ 0.477 log(mg/kg/day) is considered low, and high if > 0.477 log(mg/kg/day)