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. 2013 May 1;12:54. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-54

Table 3.

Biopharmaceutics Classification System of medications [31]

  High solubility Low solubility
High permeability
Class I
Class II
High solubility
Low solubility
High permeability
High permeability
Transporter effects minimal
Efflux (flows out) transporter effects predominate
Examples: Atropine, Caffeine, Diazepam, Glucose, Levodopa, Prednisolone
Examples: Digoxin, Ibuprofen, Warfarin
Low permeability Class III
Class IV
High solubility
Low solubility
Low permeability
Low permeability
Absorptive transporter effects predominate
Absorptive and efflux transporter effects could be important
Examples: Atenolol, Captopril, Cimetidine, Acyclovir, Penicillin, Amoxicillin, Erythromycin Examples: Amphotericin B, Chlothalidone, Neomycin