• Molecular NameMesoridazine
  • SynonymThioridazien Thiomethyl Sulfoxide; Thioridazine Monosulfoxide Analog; Thioridazine Thiomethyl Sulfoxide; TPS-23; TPS23
  • Weight386.584
  • Drugbank_IDDB00933
  • ACS_NO5588-33-0
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  • LogP (experiment)4.485
  • LogP (predicted, AB/LogP v2.0)4.59
  • pkaN/A
  • LogD (pH=7, predicted)2.29
  • Solubility (experiment)N/A
  • LogS (predicted, ACD/Labs)(ph=7)-2.4
  • LogSw (predicted, AB/LogsW2.0)0.0
  • Sw (mg/ml) (predicted, ACD/Labs)0.01
  • No.of HBond Donors0
  • No.of HBond Acceptors3
  • No.of Rotatable Bonds4
  • TPSA68.06
  • StatusFDA approved; US withdrawn
  • Administrationoral, intravenous
  • PharmacologyA piperidine neuroleptic drug belonging to the class of drugs called phenothiazines, used in the treatment of schizophrenia.
  • Absorption_valueN/A
  • Absorption (description)Readily absorbed after oral administration.
  • Caco_2N/A
  • BioavailabilityN/A
  • Protein binding4.0
  • Volume of distribution (VD)N/A
  • Blood/Plasma Partitioning ratio (D_blood)N/A
  • MetabollsmThe major metabolite is sulforidazine which is pharmacologically active. Mesoridazine is a major metabolite of thioridazine.
  • Half lifemesoridazine 2~9 h (mean 5), sulforidazine 6~25 h (mean 13).
  • ExcretionBiliary and renal
  • Urinary ExcretionN/A
  • CleranceN/A
  • ToxicityIn a fatality attributed to the ingestion of 2.5 g, the following postmortem tissue concentrations were reported: blood 3 mg/L, kidney 17 μg/g, liver 114 μg/g; in a second case in which 8 g had been ingested, the postmortem blood concentration was 4 mg/L [P. T. Donlon and J. P. Tupin,Arch. Gen. Psychiatry,1977, 34, 955–957].
  • LD50 (rat)LD50=644 mg/kg
  • LD50 (mouse)LD50=560 mg/kg