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. 2017 Feb 15;19(4):656–678. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbw136

Table 1.

Chemical features of repositioned drugs

Feature DrugBank-F DrugBank-A RepurposeDB P*
LogPa 1.58 2.104 1.54 <0.001
Logsa −3.137 −3.492 −3.119 0.003
Molecular weight 350.632 378.692 372.178 0.065
Monoisotopic weight 350.298 378.317 371.178 0.065
PSA 101.248 90.064 104.634 0.059
Refractivity 90.552 99.505 97.138 0.017
Polarizability 34.935 38.182 37.97 0.019
Rotatable bond count 5.65 5.66 5.12 0.43
H-bond acceptor count 5.197 4.931 5.734 0.224
H-bond donor count 2.75 2.246 2.713 0.018
pKa (strongest acidic) 8.08 9.501 9.453 <0.001
pKa (strongest basic) 2.627 4.008 3.659 <0.001
Physiological charge −0.195 0.209 0.144 <0.001
Number of rings 2.442 2.814 2.663 0.003

Note. aFeature computed using ALOGPS, other features computed using ChemAxon (all values presented as mean). DrugBank-F=DrugBank Full; DrugBank-A=Approved subset of DrugBank.

*

Two-way ANOVA of feature across presence in RepurposeDB and approval status.