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Table 4 Caco-2 mass balance and bidirectional permeability coefficients

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

Compound

Matrix

A–B mass bal (%)

A–B P aapp (10−6 cm/s)

B–A mass bal (%)

B–A P aapp (10−6 cm/s)

Efflux ratio

Ionized or partially ionized bases at physiological pH

 Cycloguanil

Buffer

100

1.2 ± 0.070

100

0.77 ± 0.05

0.7

 Doxycyclin

Buffer

99

3.4 ± 0.23

110

4.2 ± 0.29

1.2

 Pyronaridine

Plasma

63

16 ± 2.2

87

41 ± 3.0

2.6

 Proguanil

Buffer

82

3.5 ± 0.75

95

7.9 ± 0.51

2.3

 Primaquine

Buffer

66

29 ± 4.5

99

34 ± 1.5

1.2

 Chloroquineb

Plasma

61

16 ± 2.5

110

22 ± 4.6

1.4

 Chlorproguanil

Plasma

79

19 ± 3.0

100

61 ± 7.4

3.2

 Azithromycin

Buffer

98

0.37, 0.38

87

13 ± 3.9

33

 AQ-13

Plasma

54

25 ± 2.3

92

32 ± 0.8

1.2

 Quinineb

Buffer

70

39 ± 5.0

92

40 ± 4.5

1.0

 Clindamycin

Buffer

75

17 ± 1.1

92

48 ± 9.1

2.8

 KAF156

Plasma

86

 47 ± 7.6

96

230 ± 17 

4.9 

 M5717

Buffer

60

34 ± 2.6

81

39 ± 7.6

1.1

 OZ277

Plasma

67

42 ± 2.8

100

70 ± 0.38

1.7

 Mefloquineb

Plasma

70

180 ± 20

86

150 ± 10

0.83

 Amodiaquineb

Plasma

81

90 ± 8.3

88

63 ± 9.6

0.7

 NPC1161B

Plasma

76

> 300

97

> 300

–

 Ferroquine

Plasma

66

32 ± 6.8

110

24 ± 4.1

0.8

 Naphthoquineb

Plasma

72

230 ± 32

94

180 ± 10

0.78

 Tafenoquine

Plasma

79

> 300

110

v300

–

 MMV253

Plasma

84

150 ± 29

94

150 ± 23

1.0

 MMV052

Plasma

77

> 300

110

> 300

–

 Piperaquineb

Plasma

100

> 300

100

> 300

–

 Halofantrineb

Plasma

83

> 300

87

> 300

–

 TDD-E209

Plasma

93

> 300

100

> 300

–

 Lumefantrine

Plasma

110

CND

110

CND

CND

Ionized acids at physiological pH

 Sulfadoxine

Buffer

93

15 ± 2.5

110

23 ± 2.8

1.6

 Sulfamethoxazole

Buffer

96

4.5 ± 0.29

100

5.9 ± 0.26

1.3

 Artesunate

Buffer

81

3.4, 2.9

84

2.8 ± 0.48

0.9

 Atovaquone b

Plasma

99

> 300

97

> 300

–

Zwitterionic or partially zwitterionic at physiological pH

 P218

Buffer

96

0.71 ± 0.04

100

15 ± 1.7

21

 JPC3210

Plasma

97

> 300

100

> 300

–

Neutral at physiological pH

 Dapsone

Buffer

86

45 ± 7.3

98

56 ± 1.3

1.2

 Dihydroartemisinin

Buffer

85

50 ± 2.3

91

49 ± 1.2

1.0

 DSM421c

Buffer

70

33 ± 2.5

98

46

1.4

 Pyrimethamine

Buffer

75

60 ± 5.6

100

59 ± 2.9

1.0

 MMV048

Buffer

82

41 ± 2.1

98

53 ± 1.9

1.3

 Artemisone

Buffer

98

58.8, 64.5

99

47 ± 1.7

0.8

 Artemether

Buffer

73

39.1, 46.3

95

42 ± 5.6

1.0

 SJ733

Buffer

93

14.0, 13.4

99

50 ± 2.0

3.6

 DSM265

Buffer

83

52.4, 69.7

93

49 ± 5.1

0.9

 KAE609

Plasma

93

> 300

98

> 300

–

 OZ439

Plasma

91

> 300

110

> 300

–

 ELQ300

Plasma

99

> 300

110

> 300

–

  1. CND could not determine
  2. aMean ± SD, n = 3–4 technical replicates
  3. bData from [31]
  4. cData from [78]