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. 2021 Sep 6;26(17):5407. doi: 10.3390/molecules26175407

Table 2.

ADME properties of top selected compounds.

Property Parameters Dithymoquinone (DTQ) Calycosin Limonin Nigellidine
Absorption Water solubility (log mol/L) −3.654 −3.423 −4.041 −3.651
Caco2 permeability (log Papp in 10–6 cm/s) 1.367 0.96 0.922 1.304
Intestinal absorption (human) (% Absorbed) 100 95.098 100 95.368
Skin permeability (log Kp) −3.189 −2.747 −2.832 −2.916
P-glycoprotein substrate (Yes/No) No Yes No No
P-glycoprotein I inhibitor (Yes/No) Yes No Yes Yes
P-glycoprotein II inhibitor (Yes/No) No No No No
Distribution VDss (human) (log L/kg) −0.026 −0.326 0.265 0.508
Fraction unbound (human) (Fu) 0.188 0.057 0.145 0.123
BBB permeability (log BB) −0.118 −0.315 −0.844 −0.104
CNS permeability (log PS) −2.719 −2.24 −3.07 −2.16
Metabolism CYP2D6 substrate (Yes/No) No No No No
CYP3A4 substrate (Yes/No) Yes Yes Yes Yes
CYP1A2 inhibitor (Yes/No) No Yes No No
CYP2C19 inhibitor (Yes/No) No Yes No Yes
CYP2C9 inhibitor (Yes/No) No Yes No No
CYP2D6 inhibitor (Yes/No) No No No No
CYP3A4 inhibitor (Yes/No) No Yes No No
Excretion Total clearance (log ml/min/kg) −0.016 0.18 0.088 0.511
Renal OCT2 substrate (Yes/No) Yes No No Yes
Toxicity AMES toxicity (Yes/No) Yes Yes No No
Max. tolerated dose (human) (log mg/kg/day) 0.534 0.141 −0.508 −0.425
hERG I inhibitor (Yes/No) No No No No
hERG II inhibitor (Yes/No) No No No No
Oral Rat Acute Toxicity (LD50) (mol/kg) 1.649 2.127 3.452 2.423
Oral Rat Chronic Toxicity (LOAEL) (log mg/kg_bw/day) 1.53 1.796 1.911 1.081
Hepatotoxicity (Yes/No) No No No Yes
Skin sensitization (Yes/No) No No No No
T. pyriformis toxicity (log ug/L) 0.445 0.521 0.286 1.437
Minnow toxicity (log mM) 1.323 0.397 0.446 1.17