| Bioactivity | Tadalafil (IC-351) is a PDE5 inhibitor with an IC50 value of 1.8 nM. | ||||||||||||
| Invitro | Biochemical potencies (affinities) of these compounds for PDE5 determined by IC(50), K(D) (isotherm), K(D) (dissociation rate), and K(D) ((1/2) EC(50)), respectively, were the following: sildenafil (3.7 +/- 1.4, 4.8 +/- 0.80, 3.7 +/- 0.29, and 11.7 +/- 0.70 nM), tadalafil (1.8 +/- 0.40, 2.4 +/- 0.60, 1.9 +/- 0.37, and 2.7 +/- 0.25 nM); and vardenafil (0.091 +/- 0.031, 0.38 +/- 0.07, 0.27 +/- 0.01, and 0.42 +/- 0.10 nM). Thus, absolute potency values were similar for each inhibitor, and relative potencies were vardenafil >> tadalafil > sildenafil[1]. 0.5 ml tadalafil solutions with different concentrations were added (0.2, 0.1, 0.05 and 0.025 μg ml-1, respectively) into semen samples. In both groups, samples treated with 0.2 μg ml-1 tadalafil had significant increase in sperm motility after 2 h incubation[2]. | ||||||||||||
| Name | Tadalafil | ||||||||||||
| CAS | 171596-29-5 | ||||||||||||
| Formula | C22H19N3O4 | ||||||||||||
| Molar Mass | 389.40 | ||||||||||||
| Transport | Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
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