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

Table 8.

In vitro metabolism in human liver microsomes

Compound HLM CLint (µL/min/mg)a Unbound CLint (µL/min/mg)
Ionized or partially ionized bases at physiological pH
 Cycloguanil < 7b < 9.72c
 Doxycyclin < 7b < 7.53c
 Pyronaridine 8.6 29.7
 Proguanil < 7b < 21.2c
 Primaquine 7.70 13.8
 Chloroquine < 7b < 14c
 Chlorproguanil < 7b < 135c
 Azithromycin < 7b < 10c
 AQ-13 < 7b < 10.6c
 Desethylamodiaquine 13.3 CNDd
 Quinine 16.5 28.9
 Clindamycin 32.0 47.8
 KAF156 14.7 105
 M5717 11.1 22.2
 OZ277 < 7b < 159
 Mefloquine < 7b < 140c
 Amodiaquine 308 339
 NPC1161B < 7b CND
 Ferroquine 29.2 108
 Naphthoquine 14.4 68.6
 Tafenoquine < 7b < 3500c
 MMV253 13.2 120
 MMV052 13.0 13,000
 Piperaquine 20.1 1540
 Halofantrine 26.9 13,500
 TDD-E209 25.5e 85,000
 Lumefantrine < 7b CNDd
Ionized acids at physiological pH
 Sulfadoxine < 7b < 7.53
 Sulfamethoxazole < 7b < 7.00
 Artesunate 146 CNDd
 Atovaquone < 7b < 3500c
Zwitterionic or partially zwitterionic at physiological pH
 P218 < 7b < 7.95c
 JPC3210 9.50 328
Neutral at physiological pH
 Dapsone < 7b < 8.14c
 Dihydroartemisinin 16.6 19.1
 DSM421 < 7b < 9.09c
 Pyrimethamine < 7b < 13c
 MMV048 < 7b < 11.5c
 Artemisone 97.7 222
 Artemether 163 326
 SJ733 142 245
 DSM265 < 7b,e < 25c
 KAE609 24.1 1270
 OZ439 72.1 72,100
 ELQ300 < 7b < 3500c

aAverage of n = 2 replicates

b< 15% loss over 60 min

c“less than” CLint values corrected for measured microsomal binding

dCND = could not determine, plasma or microsomal fu value not available

eData for DSM265 from [79] and for TDD-E209 from [81]