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

Table 7.

Whole blood to plasma partitioning

Compound B/Pa Haematocrit (Gender)
Ionized or partially ionized bases at physiological pH
 Cycloguanil 0.71 ± 0.07 0.48 (M)
 Doxycyclin 0.78 ± 0.06 0.43 (M)
 Pyronaridine 9.0 ± 0.83 0.48 (M)
 Proguanil 3.30 ± 0.14 0.46 (M)
 Primaquine 0.82 ± 0.07 0.44 (M)
 Chloroquine 3.5 ± 0.09 0.42 (F)
 Chlorproguanil 3.3 ± 0.38 0.43 (M)
 Azithromycin 1.6 ± 0.19 0.48 (M)
 AQ-13 3.15 ± 0.20 0.42 (M)
 Desethylamodiaquine 3.26 ± 0.35 0.50 (M)
 Quinine 0.67 ± 0.02 0.44 (M)
 Clindamycin 0.61 ± 0.04 0.42 (M)
 KAF156 1.3 ± 0.02 0.42 (F)
 M5717 1.3 ± 0.02 0.42 (F)
 OZ277 1.10 ± 0.10 0.46 (M)
 Mefloquine 1.1 ± 0.07 ~ 0.43 (M)
 Amodiaquine 1.1 ± 0.18 ~ 0.43 (M)
 NPC1161B 1.09 ± 0.07 0.44 (M)
 Ferroquine 1.6 ± 0.15 ~ 0.43 (M)
 Naphthoquine 1.14 ± 0.10 ~ 0.43 (M)
 Tafenoquine 1.3 ± 0.04 ~ 0.43 (M)
 MMV253 1.0 ± 0.05 ~ 0.43 (M)
 MMV052 1.6 ± 0.14 ~ 0.43 (M)
 Piperaquine 0.57 ± 0.05 ~ 0.43 (M)
 Halofantrine 0.68 ± 0.06 0.43 (M)
 TDD-E209 0.51 ± 0.08 0.44 (M)
 Lumefantrine 0.48 ± 0.09 0.48 (M)
Ionized acids at physiological pH
 Sulfadoxine 0.57 ± 0.03 0.46 (M)
 Sulfamethoxazole 0.65 ± 0.07 0.43 (M)
 Artesunate CNDb 0.44 (M)
 Atovaquone 0.52 ± 0.03 0.44 (M)
Zwitterionic or partially zwitterionic at physiological pH
 P218 0.56 ± 0.03 ~ 0.43 (M)
 JPC3210 0.54 ± 0.04 ~ 0.43 (M)
Neutral at physiological pH
 Dapsone 1.1 ± 0.06 0.43 (M)
 Dihydroartemisinin CNDb 0.42 (M)
 DSM421 0.53 ± 0.03 0.44 (M)
 Pyrimethamine 0.84 ± 0.03 0.43 (M)
 MMV048 0.77 ± 0.03 0.42 (F)
 Artemisone CNDb 0.44 (M)
 Artemether CNDb 0.42 (M)
 SJ733 0.72 ± 0.02 0.42 (F)
 DSM265 0.54 ± 0.02 0.44 (M)
 KAE609 0.66 ± 0.04 0.42 (F)
 OZ439 0.78 ± 0.05 0.44 (M)
 ELQ300 0.53 ± 0.05 0.44 (M)

aMean ± SD, n = 3–4 measurements

bCND = could not determine, unstable in blood and plasma