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. 2025 Jun 20;10:100171. doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2025.100171

Table 3.

Various guidelines for drug-like molecule classification.

Properties Parameters Mitragynine 7-Hydroxymitragynine
Lipinski Rule of Five
Molecular mass: <500 Dalton Yes
Yes
High lipophilicity: LogP <5
Hydrogen bond donors: <5
Hydrogen bond acceptors: <10
Molar refractivity: 40 to130
Ghose Rule
clogP: −0.4 to 5.6 Yes
Yes
MW: 160 to 480
Molar refractivity: 40 to 130
Total number of atoms: 20 to 70
Veber Rule
Rotatable bonds: ≤10 Yes
Yes
Polar surface area: ≤140 Å2
Egan Rule
WlogP: ≤5.88 Yes
Yes
TPSA: ≤131.6
Muegge Rule MW: 200 to 600 Yes Yes
XlogP: −2 to 5
TPSA: ≤150
Number of rings: ≤7
Number of carbon: >4
Number of heteroatoms: >1
Number of rotatable bonds: ≤15
Hydrogen bond acceptors: ≤10
9. Hydrogen bond donors: ≤5