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. 2020 Jan 2;19:1. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-3075-5

Table 5.

Estimated solubility limited absorbable dose (SLAD)

Compound Permeability Solubility/dose
Predicted human Peff (10−4 cm/s) Permeability classificationa An Ssi (µg/mL) SLAD (mg)
Ionized or partially ionized bases at physiological pH
 Doxycyclin 0.70 Intermediate 1.0 > 2000 > 1000
 Pyronaridine 1.4 High 1.6 > 2000 > 1610
 Proguanil 0.71 Intermediate 1.0 > 2000 > 1000
 Primaquine 3.0 High 3.6 > 2000 > 3560
 Chloroquine 1.4 High 1.6 > 2000 > 1620
 Chlorproguanil 1.5 High 1.8 1100 998
 Azithromycin 0.16 Low 1.0 1440 720
 AQ-13 1.9 High 2.2 > 2000 > 2250
 Quinine 3.7 High 4.4 1960 4280
 Clindamycin 2.1 High 2.5 > 2000 > 2530
 KAF156 2.9 High 3.5 1600 2780
 M5717 3.4 High 4.0 > 3000 > 6050
 OZ277 2.7 High 3.2 > 2000 > 3240
 Mefloquine 7.7 High 9.2 584 2690
 Amodiaquine 4.7 High 5.6 1120 3130
 Ferroquine 2.2 High 2.7 320 426
 Naphthoquine 9.2 High 11 410 2250
 Tafenoquine 11 High 13 15.8 105
 MMV253 6.8 High 8.1 569 2300
 MMV052 11 High 13 1140 7580
 Piperaquine 11 High 13 103 685
 Halofantrine 11 High 13 69.9 466
 TDD-E209 11 High 13 87.0 579
 Lumefantrine CND CND CND CND CND
Ionized acids at physiological pH
 Sulfadoxine 1.9 High 2.2 858 959
 Sulfamethoxazole 0.85 Intermediate 1.0 > 2000 > 1000
 Artesunate 0.66 Intermediate 1.0 1690 845
 Atovaquone 11 High 13 1.83 12
Zwitterionic or partially zwitterionic at physiological pH
 P218 0.24 Low 1.0 408 204
 JPC3210 11 High 13 7.60 51
Neutral at physiological pH
 Dapsone 4.1 High 4.9 323 786
 Dihydroartemisinin 4.4 High 5.2 159 413
 DSM421 3.3 High 3.9 93.0 182
 Pyrimethamine 4.9 High 5.9 111 326
 MMV048 3.8 High 4.5 6.70 15
 Artemisone 5.0 High 6.0 115 345
 Artemether 3.9 High 4.7 166 388
 SJ733 1.8 High 2.2 101 109
 DSM265 4.8 High 5.7 5.10 14
 KAE609 11 High 13 111 738
 OZ439 11 High 13 40.6 270
 ELQ300 11 High 13 0.520 3

CND could not determine

aClassifications based on [80] using control compounds which have > 85% absorption (high), 50–84% absorption (intermediate) or < 50% absorption (low) and previously published relationships [31]