• Molecular NameHydroxychloroquine
  • Synonym2-((4-((7-Chloro-4-quinolyl)amino)pentyl)ethylamino)ethanol; Gen-Hydroxychloroquine 200mg Tablets; HCQ; Hidroxicloroquina [inn-spanish]; Hydroxychloroguine; Hydroxychloroquine sulfate; Hydroxychloroquinum [inn-latin]; Idrossiclorochina [dcit]; Oxichlorochinum; Oxichloroquine; Oxychlorochin; Oxychloroquine
  • Weight321.852
  • Drugbank_IDDB01611
  • ACS_NO118-42-3
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  • LogP (experiment)N/A
  • LogP (predicted, AB/LogP v2.0)3.18
  • pkaN/A
  • LogD (pH=7, predicted)-0.31
  • Solubility (experiment)N/A
  • LogS (predicted, ACD/Labs)(ph=7)-1.74
  • LogSw (predicted, AB/LogsW2.0)0.42
  • Sw (mg/ml) (predicted, ACD/Labs)0.11
  • No.of HBond Donors2
  • No.of HBond Acceptors4
  • No.of Rotatable Bonds8
  • TPSA48.39
  • StatusFDA approved
  • AdministrationN/A
  • PharmacologyAn antimalarial drug
  • Absorption_value90.0
  • Absorption (description)Rapidly and almost completely absorbed after oral administration.
  • Caco_2N/A
  • Bioavailability74.0
  • Protein binding55.0
  • Volume of distribution (VD)Hydroxychloroquine undergoes hepatic biotransformation to its active de-ethylated metabolites.
  • Blood/Plasma Partitioning ratio (D_blood)N/A
  • MetabollsmN/A
  • Half life3 days
  • ExcretionAbout 6% of a single dose is excreted in the urine over a period of 10 days and about 25% of a dose is eliminated in the faeces in 3 days as unchanged drug plus the de-ethylated metabolites. During daily therapy, less than 13% of a dose is excreted in the 24-h urine with 8% of the dose as unchanged drug, 2% as desethylchloroquine, 2% as desethylhydroxychloroquine, and 0.5% as didesethylchloroquine.
  • Urinary ExcretionN/A
  • CleranceN/A
  • ToxicityIn a fatality due to the ingestion of at least 12 g, the following postmortem tissue concentrations of hydroxychloroquine were reported: blood 48 mg/L, heart blood 61 mg/L, liver 71 μg/g, urine 970 mg/L. [R. A. Dalley and D. Hainsworth,J. Forensic Sci. Soc.,1965, 5, 99–101.]
  • LD50 (rat)N/A
  • LD50 (mouse)LD50=2340