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. 2016 Nov 6;83(3):612–622. doi: 10.1111/bcp.13145

Table 1.

Degree of receptor occupancy for antipsychotic drugs and the parameters involved

Receptor systems
Dopaminergic (D2) Serotonergic (5‐HT2A) Muscarinic (M1)
FGAPs & SGAPs C'T* (ng ml–1) fu (%) Ki (nM) Degree (%) Ki (nM) Degree (%) Ki (nM) Degree (%)
Chlorpromazine 300 4.0 50.12 42.94 7.94 82.61 30.83 55.03
Fluphenazine 10 5.0 1.45 44.10 31.62 3.49 1093.96 0.10
Haloperidol 10 8.0 7.94 21.17 100.00 2.09 >10 000.00 0.02
Loxapine 30 3.0 7.76 28.66 7.94 28.20 105.68 2.87
Perphenazine 2 7.0 0.60 40.99 6.31 6.19 2000.00 0.02
Pimozide 20 1.0 12.59 3.33 39.81 1.08 800.00 0.05
Prochlorperazine 40 5.0 3.63 59.62 15.00 26.33 547.78 0.97
Thioridazine 200 5.0 14.59 64.93 19.95 57.52 6.22 81.29
Thiothixene 15 1.0 1.40 19.47 50.12 0.67 2600.00 0.01
Trifluoperazine 2 1.0 1.11 4.84 12.59 0.45 663.33 0.01
AMISULPRIDE 320 84.0 12.59 98.30 8304.00 8.06 >10 000.00 6.79
ARIPIPRAZOLE 500 1.0 0.79 93.40 15.85 41.37 6776.42 0.16
ASENAPINE 5 5.0 1.20 42.22 0.06 93.60 8128.31 0.01
CLOZAPINE 600 5.0 446.68 17.08 5.01 94.83 6.59 93.31
ILOPERIDONE 10 5.0 5.94 16.49 0.35 77.02 4897.79 0.02
MELPERONE 100 50.0 152.00 55.54 180.00 51.33 >10 000.00 1.86
OLANZAPINE 80 7.0 2.09 89.57 1.78 90.97 11.38 61.19
PALIPERIDONE 60 26.0 5.01 87.96 0.79 97.89 8800.00 0.41
QUETIAPINE 500 17.0 63.10 77.85 199.53 52.65 240.44 47.99
RISPERIDONE 60 11.0 0.44 97.34 0.22 98.65 >10 000.00 0.16
SERTINDOLE 100 0.5 3.31 25.55 0.50 69.44 >10 000.00 0.01
ZIPRASIDONE 200 0.1 2.82 14.68 0.70 40.94 6081.35 0.01
ZOTEPINE 150 3.0 10.97 55.34 2.51 84.41 1342.77 1.00

C'T*, total plasma concentration of a drug; FGAPs, first‐generation antipsychotic drugs; SGAPs, second‐generation antipsychotic drugs (SGAP written in upper case letters); fu, free fraction of a drug in the plasma; Ki, equilibrium dissociation constant