General Information of DFM (ID: F09515)
Name
Guanfacine 4 mg tablet
Company
Mylan Pharamceuticals
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Guanfacine API Info click to show the detail info of this API
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ICD-11: 6A05 Approved
Drug Inactive Ingredient (DIGs)
DIG ID DIG Info DIG Name DIG Functional Class
E0A1CS DIG Info Ammonia Alkalizing agent
E0L3MB DIG Info FD&C blue no. 2 Colorant
E0EI2M DIG Info Glyceryl dibehenate Binding agent ...
E00DHW DIG Info Lactose monohydrate Binding agent ...
E01UTP DIG Info Magnesium stearate lubricant
E0X2OX DIG Info Medium-chain triglyceride Emollient ...
E0R0WE DIG Info Oleic acid Emulsifying agent ...
E0H6BT DIG Info Quinoline yellow WS Colorant
E01UTV DIG Info Silicon dioxide Anticaking agent ...
Full List of Biological Targets of DIG (DBTs) Regulated by DIG(s) in This DFM
      G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)
            DBT Name: Adenosine receptor A3 (AA3R) Click to Show/Hide
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               Experiment (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 12 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID AA3R_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 1 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID AA3R_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Muscarinic receptor M1 (ACM1) Click to Show/Hide
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               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 13 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ACM1_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Alpha-2A adrenoceptor (ADA2A) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 28 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ADA2A_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Dopamine D3 receptor (DRD3) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 26 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID DRD3_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Thromboxane A2 receptor (TBXA2R) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 25 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID TA2R_HUMAN
      Oxidoreductase (ORase)
            DBT Name: Aromatase (ARO1) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 32700 nM (tested by experiment) [2]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CP19A_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 3 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID AOFA_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Prostaglandin G/H synthase 1 (COX-1) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 500000 nM (tested by experiment) [3]
                    Tested Species Bos taurus (Bovine)
                    UniProt ID PGH1_BOVIN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 6.7 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PGH1_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Prostaglandin G/H synthase 2 (COX-2) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 500000 nM (tested by experiment) [3]
                    Tested Species Ovis aries (Sheep)
                    UniProt ID PGH2_SHEEP
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 3.5 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PGH2_HUMAN
               Experiment (3) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 24 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PGH2_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Albendazole monooxygenase (CYP3A4) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Magnesium stearate
                    Biological Activity Protein expression downregulation (tested by experiment) [4]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CP3A4_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio < 20 % (tested by experiment) [5]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CP3A4_HUMAN
               Experiment (3) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Silicon dioxide
                    Biological Activity Protein expression downregulation (tested by experiment) [4]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CP3A4_HUMAN
      Transferase (TFase)
            DBT Name: Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 8600 nM (tested by experiment) [6]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID TERT_HUMAN
            DBT Name: VEGF-2 receptor (KDR) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 3.1 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID VGFR2_HUMAN
      Hydrolase (HDase)
            DBT Name: Acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 10 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ACES_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Proconvertin-TF complex (F7-F3) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 80000 nM (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID FA7_HUMAN ; TF_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1D (PTPN11) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 7940 nM (estimated based on the structural similarity with CHEMBL3692077 ) [8]
                    Structural Similarity Tanimoto coefficient = 0.822222222
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PTN11_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Trypsin (PRSS) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 200000 nM (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Sus scrofa (Pig)
                    UniProt ID TRYP_PIG
      Primary active transporter (PAT)
            DBT Name: Urate exporter (BCRP) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio > 60 % (tested by experiment) [9]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ABCG2_HUMAN
      Potential-driven transporter (PDT)
            DBT Name: Dopamine transporter (DAT) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 29 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SC6A3_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Norepinephrine transporter (NET) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 27 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SC6A2_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Solute carrier SLCO2B1 (OATPB) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio = 26 % (tested by experiment) [10]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Monoamine transporter VAT2 (VMAT2) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity Ki = 4.7 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID VMAT2_HUMAN
      Transmembrane channel/porin (TC/P)
            DBT Name: Vanilloid receptor 2 (TrpV2) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 10000 nM (tested by experiment) [11]
                    Tested Species Rattus norvegicus (Rat)
                    UniProt ID TRPV2_RAT
      Nuclear receptor (NR)
            DBT Name: Estrogen receptor alpha (ESR1) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity EC50 = 13156.33 nM (estimated based on the structural similarity with CHEMBL1417293 ) [12]
                    Structural Similarity Tanimoto coefficient = 0.828729282
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ESR1_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Quinoline yellow WS
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 18 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ESR1_HUMAN
               Experiment (3) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 2
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 10 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ESR1_HUMAN
            DBT Name: PPAR-alpha (PPARA) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 600 nM (tested by experiment) [13]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PPARA_HUMAN
            DBT Name: PPAR-delta (PPARD) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 5300 nM (tested by experiment) [13]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PPARD_HUMAN
            DBT Name: PPAR-gamma (PPARG) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 4100 nM (tested by experiment) [13]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PPARG_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Progesterone receptor (PGR) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 12 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PRGR_HUMAN
      Other protein families (OPF)
            DBT Name: Adipocyte lipid-binding protein (ALBP) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity Ki = 1500 nM (tested by experiment) [14]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID FABP4_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Liver lipid-binding protein (L-FABP) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Oleic acid
                    Biological Activity Ki = 180 nM (tested by experiment) [15]
                    Tested Species Rattus norvegicus (Rat)
                    UniProt ID FABPL_RAT
      Cell line (CELL)
            DBT Name: Colon cancer Caco-2 cells (Caco-2) Click to Show/Hide
               Detailed Information DBT Info click to show the detail info of this DBT
               Experiment for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Medium-chain triglyceride
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio > 36 % (tested by experiment) [16]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
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