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Table 3 Measured solubility in fasted and fed state simulated intestinal fluids (FaSSIF and FeSSIF), fasted state simulated gastric fluid (FaSSGF), and pH 7.4 phosphate buffered saline

From: An in vitro toolbox to accelerate anti-malarial drug discovery and development

Compound

Solubility (µg/mL)/(µM)a

FaSSGF (1 h)

FaSSIF-V2 (5–6 h)

FeSSIF-V2 (5–6 h)

PBS7.4 (5–6 h)

Ionized or partially ionized bases at physiological pH

 Cycloguanil

> 2000/> 7950

> 2000/> 7950

533/2120

> 2000/> 7950

 Doxycyclin

> 2000/> 4500

> 2000/> 4500

> 2000/> 4500

> 2000/> 4500

 Pyronaridine

> 2000/> 3800

> 2000/> 3860

> 2000/> 3800

357/689

 Proguanil

> 2000/> 7880

> 2000/> 7880

> 2000/> 7880

> 2000/> 7880

 Primaquine

> 2000/> 7700

> 2000/> 7700

> 2000/> 7700

> 2000/> 7700

 Chloroquine

> 2000/> 6250

> 2000/> 6250

> 2000/> 6250

> 2000/> 6250

 Chlorproguanil

> 2000/> 6940

1100/3810

1670/5780

1420/4930

 Azithromycin

1180/1570

1440/1930

> 2000/> 2670

> 2000/> 2670

 AQ-13

> 2000/> 6850

> 2000/> 6850

> 2000/> 6850

1480/5070

 Quinine

1925/5930

1960/6050

1930/5930

806/2480

 Clindamycin

> 2000/> 4700

> 2000/> 4700

> 2000/> 4700

> 2000/> 4700

 KAF156

> 2000/> 4850

1600/3880

> 2000/> 4850

560/1360

 M5717

> 3000/> 6490b

> 3000/> 6490b

> 3000/> 6486b

> 3000/> 6490b

 OZ277

> 2000/> 5000

> 2000/> 5100

> 2000/> 5000

198/504

 Mefloquine

740/1960

584/1540

> 2000/> 5200

290/767

 Amodiaquine

> 2000/> 5620

1120/3150

> 2000/> 5620

26.3/73.9

 NPC1161B

1520/3500

19.9/45.8

> 2000/> 4600

5.44/12.5

 Ferroquine

> 2000/> 4600

320/738

> 2000/> 4600

4.9/11

 Naphthoquine

> 2000/> 4880

410/1000

941/2300

28.5/69.5

 Tafenoquine

> 2000/> 2800

15.8/34.1

1310/2820

18.3/39.5

 MMV253

> 2000/> 4300

569/1220

> 2000/> 4300

19.0/40.8

 MMV052

13.0/24.7

1140/2170

> 2000/> 3800

49.6/94.3

 Piperaquine

> 2000/> 3700

103/192

60.7/113

< 0.5/< 0.9

 Halofantrine

12.7/25.4

69.9/140

739/1480

< 0.05/< 0.1

 TDD-E209

211/421

87.2/174

> 2000/> 4000

0.056/0.112

 Lumefantrine

12.6/23.8

0.063/0.119

14.4/27.2

< 0.05/< 0.1

Ionized acids at physiological pH

 Sulfadoxine

324/1040

858/2770

474/1530

> 1900/> 6400

 Sulfamethoxazole

758/2990

> 2000/> 7900

> 2000/> 7900

> 2000/> 7900

 Artesunate

321/835

1690/4390

1720/4490

1680/4370

 Atovaquone

0.26/0.71

1.83/4.99

6.41/17.5

< 0.05/< 0.1

Zwitterionic or partially zwitterionic at physiological pH

 P218

> 2000/> 5550

408/1130

525/1460

1070/2960

 JPC3210

213/535

7.60/19.1

131/329

0.800/2.01

Neutral at physiological pH

 Dapsone

946/3810

323/1300

423/1700

227/914

 Dihydroartemisinin

140/492

159/559

246/865

130/457

 DSM421

116/324b

92.7/259b

119/332b

85.5/239

 Pyrimethamine

> 2000/> 8000

111/446

120/483

43/175

 MMV048

1200/3040

6.73/17.1

7.47/19.0

4.52/11.5

 Artemisone

89.1/222

115/286

278/692

86.1/214

 Artemether

95/320

166/556

1040/3480

109/365

 SJ733

> 2000/> 4270

101/216

119/254

115/246

 DSM265

6.84/16.5b

5.12/12.3b

27.6/66.5b

2.04/4.9

 KAE609

1540/3940

111/284

1240/3180

30.4/77.9

 OZ439

79.0/168

40.6/87

526/1120

0.085/0.181

 ELQ300

0.929/1.95

0.524/1.10

0.065/0.137

0.102/0.214

  1. aAverage of n = 2–3 technical replicates; replicate measurements differed by less than 10%
  2. bData for M5717 from [77], for DSM421 from [78], and for DSM265 from [79]