Journal
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 5, Pages 962-977Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-010-0303-7
Keywords
lipophilicity; permeation; quantitative; structure-permeation relationships
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In this review, we first summarize the structure and properties of biological membranes and the routes of passive drug transfer through physiological barriers. Lipophilicity is then introduced in terms of the intermolecular interactions it encodes. Finally, lipophilicity indices from isotropic solvent systems and from anisotropic membrane-like systems are discussed for their capacity to predict passive drug permeation across biological membranes such as the intestinal epithelium, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) or the skin. The broad evidence presented here shows that beyond the predictive power of lipophilicity parameters, the various intermolecular forces they encode allow a mechanistic interpretation of passive drug permeation.
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