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ArticleChemMedChem2026

A Topological and Spatial Analysis of FDA-Approved Drugs, Blood-Brain Barrier Permeants, Natural Products, and Metabolites.

Vijay H Masand, Sami A Al-Hussain, Mohammed Sharique Ahmed Quadri, Abdul Samad, Magdi E A Zaki

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Vijay H MasandDepartment of Chemistry, Vidya Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Amravati, Maharashtra, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9300-4147
Sami A Al-HussainChemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Sharique Ahmed QuadriDepartment of Basic medical sciences, College of Medicine, Almaarefa University, Dariyah, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1781-0236
Abdul SamadDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6518-6131
Magdi E A ZakiChemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5643-9202

Funding

Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) IMSIU-DDRSP2601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we present a comprehensive structural analysis of four distinct chemical libraries: FDA-approved drugs, blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeable agents, natural products (UNPDA), and human metabolites. Our multidimensional profiling reveals fundamental divergences in molecular architecture. While synthetic drugs (FDA) and CNS-active agents (BBB) follow continuous, Gaussian-like distributions for carbon hybridization, natural products exhibit biosynthetic quantization, discrete, high-intensity abundance spikes at C19 and C30, corresponding to steroid and triterpene scaffolds. Stereochemical analysis identifies a chirality-structure lock in natural products, where stereoisomer density peaks significantly at these same integers (Avg. 3.53 isomers/mol), a complexity feature absent in the diffuse distribution of synthetic libraries. Topologically, we identify hyper-globularity as a distinct signature for CNS permeability. Radial distribution function (RDF) analysis demonstrates that BBB agents possess a highly compressed aliphatic core, packing 93.2% of their sp

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Biological ProductsBlood-Brain BarrierDrug ApprovalHumansMolecular StructurePharmaceutical PreparationsStereoisomerismUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationBiological ProductsPharmaceutical Preparationsblood‐brain barrier (BBB)chemical spaceFDA drugsmetabolitesUniversal Natural Product Database‐Subset A (UNPDA)

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