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. 2014 Mar 6;57(7):3005–3010. doi: 10.1021/jm401963n

Table 2. Physicochemical Properties, Binding to Cell Homogenates, and Brain Drug Binding of the Studied Compound Subseta.

compd MWb log D7.4b PSAb fu,hom fu,brain predictedc fu,brain refs
Negatively Charged at pH 7.4
Chlorpropamide 277 1.38 75.3 1 ± 0.040 1 0.58 d
Diclofenac 296 1.56 49.3 0.78 ± 0.045 0.054 0.041 e
Indomethacin 358 0.74 68.5 0.79 ± 0.035 0.055 0.044 d,e
Sulfasalazine 398 –0.15 138 0.72 ± 0.12 0.039 0.063 e
Telmisartan 515 3.62 72.9 0.42 ± 0.011 0.011 0.013 d
Neutral at pH 7.4
Alprazolam 309 2.62 43.1 1 ± 0.028 1 0.16 e
Amprenavir 506 1.68 131 0.92 ± 0.046 0.16 0.091 f
Carbamazepine 236 2.56 46.3 0.97 ± 0.11 0.31 0.18 d,f,g
Diazepam 285 2.88 32.7 0.71 ± 0.050 0.037 0.040 e,f,g
Indinavir 614 3.14 118 0.78 ± 0.016 0.055 0.072 f
Ketoconazole 531 3.91 69.1 0.39 ± 0.031 0.010 0.012 f
Loratadine 383 4.56 42.4 0.12 ± 0.0036 0.0022 0.0020 f
Lovastatin 405 4.49 72.8 0.22 ± 0.024 0.0045 0.0080 f
Midazolam 326 3.56 30.2 0.66 ± 0.025 0.030 0.022 e,f,g
Nelfinavir 568 4.71 102 0.024 ± 0.0033 0.00039 0.0021 e,f
Nicardipine 480 4.82 114 0.095 ± 0.013 0.0017 0.0055 d
Ondansetron 293 2.05 39.8 0.94 ± 0.019 0.19 0.049 f
Oxazepam 287 2.18 61.7 0.84 ± 0.024 0.078 0.037 f
Progesterone 314 3.77 34.1 0.67 ± 0.11 0.031 0.046 f
Ritonavir 721 4.56 146 0.47 ± 0.013 0.014 0.018 d,f
Saquinavir 671 4.16 167 0.17 ± 0.011 0.0032 0.0028 e,f
Positively Charged at pH 7.4
Alprenolol 249 0.61 41.5 0.90 ± 0.031 0.12 0.057 e
Bupivacaine 288 3.67 32.3 0.89 ± 0.068 0.11 0.20 d
Cimetidine 252 –0.37 88.9 1 ± 0.036 1 0.63 e,f
Citalopram 324 1.85 36.3 0.81 ± 0.026 0.064 0.042 d,f,g
Clomipramine 315 3.96 6.48 0.19 ± 0.0083 0.0038 0.0039 d
Dextromethorphan 271 2.51 12.5 0.82 ± 0.019 0.069 0.20 f
Haloperidol 376 2.88 40.5 0.52 ± 0.0092 0.017 0.0065 f,g
Imipramine 280 3.26 6.48 0.59 ± 0.013 0.022 0.035 f
Lidocaine 234 1.87 32.3 0.998 ± 0.0085 0.91 0.27 d
Loperamide 477 4.66 43.8 0.35 ± 0.014 0.0083 0.0094 e,f
Metoclopramide 300 0.53 67.6 0.95 ± 0.068 0.25 0.24 d,f,g
Metoprolol 267 0.05 50.7 1.00 ± 0.056 0.88 0.46 e
Paroxetine 329 1.83 39.7 0.25 ± 0.0085 0.0053 0.0036 d,g
Propranolol 259 1.17 41.5 0.70 ± 0.053 0.036 0.020 e,g
Ranitidine 314 0.15 86.3 1 ± 0.070 1 0.96 f
Spiperone 395 2.17 52.7 0.66 ± 0.014 0.030 0.037 f
Talinolol 364 1.57 82.6 0.85 ± 0.022 0.083 0.14 d
Thioridazine 371 4.3 6.48 0.049 ± 0.0087 0.00082 0.00067 e
Trimipramine 294 3.59 6.48 0.40 ± 0.016 0.010 0.0070 f
Verapamil 455 3.86 64 0.73 ± 0.019 0.041 0.041 e,f
Zwitterionic at pH 7.4
Cerivastatin 460 2.15 99.9 0.55 ± 0.0094 0.019 0.048 f
Fexofenadine 502 3 81 0.78 ± 0.029 0.054 0.078 f
Mitoxantrone 444 –0.93 163 0.13 ± 0.019 0.0024 0.0046 e
Rifampicin 823 2.93 217 0.62 ± 0.083 0.025 0.13 e
Sparfloxacin 392 –0.76 101 0.88 ± 0.068 0.10 0.26 f
a

Experimental data (fu,hom) are presented as mean ± SD.

b

Calculated using ADMET Predictor (Simulations Plus, Lancaster, CA).

c

Predicted from fu,hom using eq 2

d

Ref (11).

e

Ref (7).

f

Ref (12).

g

Ref (13).