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A Study of Absorption and Selected Molecular Physicochemical Properties of Some Antipsychotic Drugs Cover

A Study of Absorption and Selected Molecular Physicochemical Properties of Some Antipsychotic Drugs

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|Feb 2026

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Table 1.

The lipophilicity (logP) and solubility (logS) values of investigated antipsychotic drugs

No.CompoundlogP expClogPAlogPsAClogPmilogPAlogPMlogPXlogP2XlogP3logS
1Chlorpromazine5.415.805.185.035.034.743.774.925.19−4.84
2Flupentixol4.514.344.564.454.914.823.894.424.51−4.50
3Haloperidol4.303.853.704.634.303.894.013.983.23−4.81
4Zuclopenthixolnd4.134.464.304.694.543.584.124.31−4.55
5Aripiprazole4.504.635.214.585.085.003.614.494.64−4.95
6Clozapine3.234.103.673.214.143.952.963.743.08−3.26
7Olanzapine2.003.403.612.983.473.212.312.322.86−3.28
8Quetriapine2.803.372.932.803.493.182.362.832.14−3.22
9Risperidone2.502.712.413.372.963.323.613.072.72−3.89
10Sertindolend*5.074.294.523.844.683.774.104.07−5.78
11Ziprasidone3.803.584.642.454.054.263.443.774.02−4.32

* no data

Table 2.

Intercorrelations between different logP values of investigated antipsychotic drugs

logP expClogPAlogPsAClogPmilogPAlogPMlogPXlogP2XlogP3
logP exp1
ClogP0.85481
AlogPs0.80620.82971
AClogP0.78970.73310.52791
milogP0.90990.89130.90800.75041
AlogP0.88610.79140.90670.66660.94181
MlogP0.75450.40270.43220.71070.56260.67451
XlogP20.97040.83530.78820.77410.90650.92960.78911
XlogP30.86930.83690.92750.66990.88120.94260.64950.88221
Table 3.

Intestinal absorption, calculated values of polar surface area, volume, molecular weight, acidity descriptors (pKa values for pH = 7.4) for investigated antipsychotic drugs

No.Compound% ABSPSAVolMwpKa
1Chlorpromazine10–80*8.172853199.20
2Flupentixol4726.703794358.51
3Haloperidol6540.543373768.05
4Zuclopenthixol4926.703614018.43
5Aripiprazole8744.813954487.46
6Clozapine6535.162923277.50
7Olanzapine8735.162863127.24
8Quetriapine10048.833523847.06
9Risperidone7064.173744108.76
10Sertindole7540.413904418.59
11Ziprasidone6048.473524137.09

* absorption values have large individual variation

Table 4.

The antipsychotic drugs intestinal absorption data collected from literature (*) and predicted using (A) XlogP and Vol data; (B) XlogP2 and Mw; (C) XlogP and pKa values

No.CompoundABS%(*)ABS% (A)ABS% (B)ABS% (C)
1Chloropromazine50*373771
2Flupentixol47717467
3Haloperidol65636266
4Zuclopenthixol49696870
5Aripiprazole87767752
6Clozapine65525161
7Olanzapine87656274
8Quetriapine100807666
9Risperidone70848187
10Sertindole75787972
11Ziprasidone60707555

* average value used for calculation

Table 5.

Drug - like properties of investigated antipsychotic drugs

Lipophilicity descriptor (XlogP2)2.32 – 4.92
Aqueous solubility (logS)(−5.78) – (−3.22)
Acidity descriptor (pKa)7.06 – 9.20
Polar surface area (PSA, Å2)8.17 – 64.17
Molecular weight (Mw)312 – 448
Volume value285 – 395
Percent of oral absorption (%ABS)10 – 100
Figure 1.

The relationship between antipsychotic drugs intestinal absorption data collected from literature (seria 1) and predicted using (seria 2) XlogP2 and Vol; (seria 3) XlogP and Mw data (seria 4) XlogP and pKa values. No denote investigated antipsychotic drugs

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2020-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 (formerly 2335-075X, 2956-0454) | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454 (formerly 1820-8665)
Language: English
Page range: 287 - 293
Submitted on: Jan 8, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 6, 2020
Published on: Feb 23, 2026
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Jadranka Odovic, published by University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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