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. 2013 Jul 15;34(8):998–1006. doi: 10.1038/aps.2013.78

Table 1. Binding parameters and techniques for the enantiodifferentiative study of chiral drugs with plasma protein.

Chiral drugs Proteins Techniques Protein binding (%) Protein binding estimations Binding constants (K or logK or nK) Enantioselectivity (ES) Reference
Phenindamine E1 Whole plasma UF/AEKC     2.5 30
Phenindamine E2            
Trimeprazine E1         1.5  
Trimeprazine E2            
Promethazine E1         1.4  
Promethazine E2            
Rac-zopiclone Total plasma EKC 47±4     31
R-zopiclone     49±6      
S-zopiclone     45±3      
Nomifensine E1 Total plasma UF/EKC 58±7     32
Nomifensine E2     64±4      
Brompheniramine E1 HSA UF/AEKC   (9.39±0.10)×102 (mol/L)−1 2.8 33
Brompheniramine E2       (2.60±0.17)×103 (mol/L)−1    
Chlorpheniramine E1       (9.20±0.20)×102 (mol/L)−1 1.8  
Chlorpheniramine E2       (1.69±0.17)×103 (mol/L)−1    
Hydroxyzine E1       (5.30±0.5)×103 (mol/L)−1 1.2  
Hydroxyzine E2       (6.30±0.4)×103 (mol/L)−1    
Orphenadrine E1       (1.26±0.13)×103 (mol/L)−1 13.3  
Orphenadrine E2       (1.67±0.13)×103 (mol/L)−1    
R-Amlodipine HSA ED/Flow   (9.91−11.2)×104 (mol/L)−1   34
S-Amlodipine   Injection-CE   (9.02−10.4)×104 (mol/L)−1    
R-Propafenone HSA UF/chiral HPLC   2.05×103 (mol/L)−1   35
S-Propafenone       2.08×103 (mol/L)−1    
R-Rotigotine HSA Partial filling   (17.6±0.6)×103 (mol/L)−1   36
S-Rotigotine   -ACE   (8.90±0.3)×103 (mol/L)−1    
R-Naproxen HSA EKC   (4.80±0.40)×105 (mol/L)−1   37
S-Naproxen       (9.20±1.20)×105 (mol/L)−1    
R-Naproxen-NHBu       (0.90±0.12)×105 (mol/L)−1    
S-Naproxen-NHBu       (1.02±0.10)×105 (mol/L)−1    
R-Naproxen-cRGD       (0.23±0.12)×105 (mol/L)−1    
S-Naproxen-cRGD       (0.24±0.10)×105 (mol/L)−1    
(−)-Tetrahydropalmatine HSA ED/HPLC-UV   1.80×104 (mol/L)−1   38
(+)-Tetrahydropalmatine       2.20×104 (mol/L)−1    
R-zopiclone HSA EKC 36±8 3.09±0.19 (logK) 1.95 31
S-zopiclone     47±6 3.38±0.19 (logK)    
S-etodolac HSA UF/chiral HPLC   5.30×105 (mol/L)−1 6.06 39
R-etodolac       0.87×105 (mol/L)−1    
(−)Catechin HSA UF/CD-EKC 64 3.47±0.06 (logK) 1.5 40
(+)Catechin     53 3.28±0.16 (logK)    
Propanocaine E1 HSA UF/EKC 48.7 3.20±0.16 (logK) 1.5 41
Propanocaine E2     60.1 3.40±0.14 (logK)    
R-Rotigotine BSA Partial filling   (9.40±0.4)×103 (mol/L)−1   36
S-Rotigotine   -ACE   (7.30±0.2)×103 (mol/L)−1    
R-Propranolol AGP Fluorescence   2.62×105 (mol/L)−1   42
S-Propranolol   Spectrophotometry   8.57×105 (mol/L)−1    
R-Propafenone AGP UF/chiral HPLC   2.81×106 (mol/L)−1   35
        9.74×103 (mol/L)−1 (n2K2)    
S-Propafenone       7.65×106 (mol/L)−1    
        9.95×103 (mol/L)−1 (n2K2)    
(−)-Tetrahydropalmatine AGP ED/HPLC-UV   9.61×104 (mol/L)−1   38
(+)-Tetrahydropalmatine       14.6×104 (mol/L)−1    
R-Mexiletine AGP UF/chiral HPLC 31±2.8     43
S-Mexiletine     22±3.2      
R-Propranolol LDL HPAC   (5.20±2.3)×105 (mol/L)−1   44
R-Propranolol       (1.90±0.1)×105 (mol/L)−1 (n1K1)    
S-Propranolol       (2.70±0.2)×105 (mol/L)−1 (n1K1)    

E1 the first elute; E2 the second elute