Polar surface area
Polar surface area (in red) of paracetamol
The polar surface area (PSA) of a molecule is defined as the surface sum over all polar atoms, primarily oxygen and nitrogen, also including their attached hydrogens.
PSA is a commonly used medicinal chemistry metric for the optimisation of a drug's ability to permeate cells. Molecules with a polar surface area of greater than 140 angstroms squared tend to be poor at permeating cell membranes. [1] For molecules to penetrate the blood–brain barrier (and thus act on receptors in the central nervous system), a PSA less than 90 angstroms squared is usually needed.[2]
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References
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- Pajouhesh H, Lenz GR. Medicinal Chemical Properties of Successful Central Nervous System Drugs. NeuroRx. 2005 Oct; 2(4): 541–553. doi: 10.1602/neurorx.2.4.541
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- Shityakov, S., Neuhaus, W., Dandekar, T., Förster, C. Analysing molecular polar surface descriptors to predict blood-brain barrier permeation. Int. J. Comput. Biol. Drug Des. 2013, 6(1-2), 146-156. (doi: 10.1504/IJCBDD.2013.052195)
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