By Nicholas A. Meanwell
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Lecithin is a generic term for a mixture of phospholipids, which are the major components of cell membranes; they are used as wetting agents and dispersion enhancers in drug formulations and have a widespread use in the food industry as emulsifiers. An example phosphatidylcholine is shown in Fig. 11. These are likely constituents of the melange in the intestinal fluids and can enhance the solubility of some drugs, as lecithin and taurocholate can form micelles into which drug molecules can partition.
The likely shortcomings within both calculated and measured lipophilicity values led to conflicting hypotheses as to its effect on permeation, encompassing extremes represented by each of linear, hyperbolic, sigmoidal, parabolic and bilinear relationships [77]. Chromatographically derived lipophilicity data presented compelling evidence as to the relationship between permeation and this measure of distribution [29]. J. 5 the 1979 study [84], fitting with the common sense rationale behind this. This would be rationalized by consideration of the two rate constants of importance: k1, the rate of permeation into the membrane and k2 the constant for permeation back out again on the other side.
The proximity of a pKa value of an ionisable centre to the ambient pH will have a very big impact on the degree of ionisation as discussed in the following sections. e. 50% ionised (the term pKb for bases is no longer used – so pKa is used to describe acidic or basic relationships). It is derived from the Henderson–Hasselbach equation: pH ¼ pK a þ logð½AÀ =½HAÞ such that when the species is 50% ionised, then [AÀ] ¼ [HA] and the pH ¼ pKa. So for an acid: Physical Properties in Drug Design 19 RCO2 H þ H2 O Æ RCO2 À þ H3 Oþ ½RCO2 H ¼ ½RCO2 À at pK a For a base: RNH2 þ H2 O Æ RNH3 þ þ OHÀ ½RNH2 ¼ ½RNH3 þ at pK a Equation (1), derived from the Henderson–Hasselbach equation, illustrates a useful means for calculating the percentage ionisation of a compound with a given pKa at a particular pH.