Journal: Toxics
Article Title: Toxicokinetic-Oriented Assessment of Nepetalactone Using In Silico ADMET Modeling, In Vitro Rat and Human Liver Microsomes, and UHPLC–MS/MS Metabolite Characterization
doi: 10.3390/toxics14040319
Figure Lengend Snippet: Predictions of different kinetic and toxicological parameters of Nepetalactone and its metabolites (M1–M21). ( A ) Caco-2 permeability (Log units); optimal: higher than −5.15 Log unit. ( B ) MDCK permeability (cm/s); low permeability: <2 × 10 −6 cm/s; medium permeability: 2–20 × 10 −6 cm/s; high passive permeability: >20 × 10 −6 cm/s. ( C ) Human Intestinal Absorption, within the range of 0 to 1, showing the probability of being absorbed; ( D ) Plasma Protein Binding (%); optimal: <90%; ( E ) Plasma clearance (CL plasma; mL/min/kg); high clearance: >15 mL/min/kg; moderate clearance: 5–15 mL/min/kg; low clearance: <5 mL/min/kg; ( F ) Half-life (T1/2, hours); ultra-short half-life: <1 h; short half-life: 1–4 h; intermediate short half-life: 4–8 h; long half-life: >8 h; ( G ) Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB) penetration, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: BBB (−), and 1: BBB (+); ( H ) Carcinogenicity, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-carcinogens, and 1: carcinogens; ( I ) Human Hepatotoxicity, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-hepatotoxic, and 1: hepatotoxic; ( J ) Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-nephrotoxic, and 1: nephrotoxic; ( K ) Drug-induced Neurotoxicity, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-neurotoxic, and 1: neurotoxic; ( L ) Genotoxicity, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-genotoxic, and 1: genotoxic; ( M ) AMES test, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: AMES (−), and 1: AMES (+); ( N ) Skin sensitization, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-sensitizer, and 1: sensitizer; ( O ) Eye irritation, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: non-irritant, and 1: irritant; ( P ) Respiratory toxicant, within the range of 0 to 1, where 0: respiratory toxicant, and 1: respiratory toxicant. Note: Colors indicate metabolite classes: Unmetabolized Nepetalactone (in white), phase I oxidized metabolites (in blue), phase II GSH-conjugates (in yellow), phase II sulfate conjugates (in green), phase II glucuronic acid conjugates (in red).
Article Snippet: Cis - trans Nepetalactone (purity >95%; CAS: 21651-62-7) was purchased from Toronto Research Chemicals (Vaughan, ON, Canada).
Techniques: Permeability, Clinical Proteomics, Protein Binding, Ames Test