Bruno-Blanch L, Gálvez J, García-Domenech R. Topological virtual screening: a way to find new anticonvulsant drugs from chemical diversity.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003;
13:2749-54. [PMID:
12873507 DOI:
10.1016/s0960-894x(03)00535-3]
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Abstract
A topological virtual screening (tvs) test is presented, which is capable of identifying new drug leaders with anticonvulsant activity. Molecular structures of both anticonvulsant-active and non active compounds, extracted from the Merck Index database, were represented using topological indexes. By means of the application of a linear discriminant analysis to both sets of structures, a topological anticonvulsant model (tam) was obtained, which defines a connectivity function. On the basis of this model, 41 new structures with anticonvulsant activity have been identified by a topological virtual screening.
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