Abstract
Experimental determination of aqueous solubility is affected by long time invested and consumption of considerable amounts of sample. To solve these problems, QSPR studies have been applied, in order to establish quantitative relationships between the structure and some property of the molecule of interest, by means of a function capable of predicting a certain quality of a compound. Considering that solubility of orally-administered drugs is influenced by the strongly acid pH of the gastrointestinal tract, obtaining predictive models based on pH is of great interest, which was the purpose of the present study. Then, some computer programs were used: ACDLabs (construction of the training series), MODESLAB (calculation of molecular descriptors), IBM SPSS Statistics (data reduction) and BuildQSAR (obtaining and optimization of predictive models). Finally, 24 mathematical models (M) for the prediction of the aqueous solubility of organic compounds of pharmaceutical interest were defined, by ranges of pH (1-1.3, 1.4-1.7, 1.8-2.1 and 2.2-2.5) and by group of chemical behavior. The relative simplicity along with correlation coefficients and standard errors of estimate close to the unity, suggest the external evaluation of models M3-M5 and M11-M22 and their subsequent use as part of the design and development of orally-administered medications.
Highlights
Aqueous solubility (S) is a physical-chemical property that characterizes each compound and significantly influences the biological behavior of drugs, including their absorption and bioavailability
Having into account that quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) solutions can accelerate the development of new pharmaceutical products 3, this work was aimed to quantitative relate the chemical structure of a series of organic compounds, of pharmaceutical interest, with their S in strongly acidic medium
Molecular descriptors based on TOPS-MODE approach were calculated
Summary
Aqueous solubility (S) is a physical-chemical property that characterizes each compound and significantly influences the biological behavior of drugs, including their absorption and bioavailability. The relationship between pH and S was evidenced in the Henderson-Hasselbach equation 1. In this sense, oral administration medications (syrups, elixirs, suspensions, tablets, capsules) must surpass the acidic pH of the stomach (1-3 units), which is capable to modify the S of the Active Pharmaceutical. Among the alternative solutions to these inconveniences, there are the quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) studies, which are oriented to identify a function capable to predict a determined property 2. Having into account that QSPR solutions can accelerate the development of new pharmaceutical products 3, this work was aimed to quantitative relate the chemical structure of a series of organic compounds, of pharmaceutical interest, with their S in strongly acidic medium
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