General Information of DFM (ID: F13973)
Name
Metronidazole 375 mg capsule
Company
Pliva
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) Metronidazole API Info click to show the detail info of this API
Amebiasis ICD-11: 1A36 Approved
Drug Inactive Ingredient (DIGs)
DIG ID DIG Info DIG Name DIG Functional Class
E01OUP DIG Info Allura red AC dye Colorant
E0IC9H DIG Info FD&C blue no. 1 Colorant
E0L3MB DIG Info FD&C blue no. 2 Colorant
E01UTP DIG Info Magnesium stearate lubricant
E0M1JK DIG Info Propylene glycol Antimicrobial preservative ...
E0H6BT DIG Info Quinoline yellow WS Colorant
E05BSD DIG Info Titanium dioxide Coating agent ...
Full List of Biological Targets of DIG (DBTs) Regulated by DIG(s) in This DFM
      G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)
            DBT Name: Serotonin receptor 2B (5HT2B) 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. 1
                    Biological Activity EC50 > 10 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID 5HT2B_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Adenosine receptor A3 (AA3R) 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 = 1 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID AA3R_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Cannabinoid CB2 receptor (CNR2) 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. 1
                    Biological Activity EC50 = 608.6 nM (estimated based on the structural similarity with CHEMBL2326294 ) [2]
                    Structural Similarity Tanimoto coefficient = 0.805970149
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CNR2_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Serotonin receptor 1A (5HT1A) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 19 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID 5HT1A_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 D1 receptor (DRD1) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 29 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID DRD1_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
      Oxidoreductase (ORase)
            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 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 FD&C blue no. 1
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 22 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PGH2_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 26 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 Propylene glycol
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio < 20 % (tested by experiment) [3]
                    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 Magnesium stearate
                    Biological Activity Protein expression downregulation (tested by experiment) [4]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID CP3A4_HUMAN
      Transferase (TFase)
            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 (1) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 1
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 10 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ACES_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) 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
               Experiment (3) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 > 10 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ACES_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 ) [5]
                    Structural Similarity Tanimoto coefficient = 0.822222222
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PTN11_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTPN1) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 33000 nM (tested by experiment) [6]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PTN1_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 410000 nM (tested by experiment) [6]
                    Tested Species Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yeast)
                    UniProt ID PTP1_YEAST
            DBT Name: Phosphodiesterase 3A (PDE3A) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 17 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PDE3A_HUMAN
            DBT Name: Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) 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. 1
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 28 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PDE4D_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: Solute carrier SLCO2B1 (OATPB) 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 FD&C blue no. 1
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio = 80.5 % (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
               Experiment (2) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG FD&C blue no. 1
                    Biological Activity Ki = 13 uM (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
               Experiment (3) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity Inhibition ratio = 96.52 % (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
               Experiment (4) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity Ki = 2.59 uM (tested by experiment) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
               Experiment (5) for Assessing the Biological Activity of the Studied DIG on This DBT
                    Interacting DIG Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity Ki = 4.7 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
               Experiment (6) 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) [7]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID SO2B1_HUMAN
      Transmembrane channel/porin (TC/P)
            DBT Name: GABA(A) receptor alpha-1 (GABRA1) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 22 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID GBRA1_HUMAN
      Nuclear receptor (NR)
            DBT Name: Androgen receptor (AR) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 28 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ANDR_HUMAN
            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 ) [8]
                    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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 15 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID ESR1_HUMAN
               Experiment (4) 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: 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity IC50 = 30 uM (tested by experiment) [1]
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID PRGR_HUMAN
      Other protein families (OPF)
            DBT Name: Thrombopoietin receptor (MPL) 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 Allura red AC dye
                    Biological Activity EC50 = 300 nM (estimated based on the structural similarity with CHEMBL123373 ) [9]
                    Structural Similarity Tanimoto coefficient = 0.925714286
                    Tested Species Homo sapiens (Human)
                    UniProt ID TPOR_HUMAN
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