Table 1 Approved drugs with six or more patterns.

From: From malaria to cancer: Computational drug repositioning of amodiaquine using PLIP interaction patterns

Drug name

Target

Disease

Scaffold

N Patterns

Adenosine

Uridine 5′-nucleotidase

Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and help identify coronary artery disease.

Nucleobases

8

Cladribine

Deoxycytidine kinase

Hairy cell leukemia

Nucleobases

7

Folic acid

Folate receptor alpha

Folate deficiencies and megaloblastic anemia.

Aminopteridones

7

Tetrahydrobiopterin

Nitric oxide synthase

Phenylketonuria(PKU)

Aminopteridones

7

Amodiaquine

Histamine N-methyltransferase

Acute malaria attacks in non-immune subjects

Singletons

6

Mercaptopurine

Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase

Lymphatic Leukemia

Nucleobases

6

Pentostatin

Adenosine deaminase

Lymphoproliferative malignancies, particularly hairy-cell leukemia

Nucleobases

6

Pentoxifylline

Chitinase

Peripheral vascular diseases and cerebrovascular insufficiency.

Nucleobases

6

Pyridoxal Phosphate

D-serine dehydratase

Dietary shortage or imbalance.

Singletons

6

Quercetin

Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase

Dicrease capillary fragility.

Flavones

6

Telbivudine

Deoxycytidine kinase

HepatitisB virus (HBV)

Nucleobases

6

Triamterene

Pteridine reductase 1

Edema associated with congestive heart failure.

Aminopteridones

6

  1. Listed are the drugs and their targets as well as their original indication and chemical class.