Three-Dimensional Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships – serie

This volume, the second in the "3D QSAR in Drug Design" series, aims to review the progress being made in CoMFA and other 3D QSAR approaches since the publication of the first volume. It divides into three sections dealing with: ligand-protein interactions; quantum chemical models and molecular dynamics simulations; and pharmacophore modelling and molecular similarity, respectively. Volume 3 "Recent Advances" is also divided into three sections, namely: 3D QSAR methodology - CoMFA and related approaches; receptor models and other 3D QSAR approaches; and 3D QSAR applications. More than 70 scientists have contributed nearly 40 reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes, which present coverage of recent developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

Volumes 2 and 3 of the "3D QSAR in Drug Design" series aim to review the progress being made since the publication of the first volume. Volume 2 "Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity" divides into three sections dealing with: ligand-protein interactions; quantum chemical models and molecular dynamics simulations; and pharmacophore modelling and molecular similarity, respectively. This volume, Volume 3 "Recent Advances", is also divided into three sections, namely: 3D QSAR methodology - CoMFA and related approaches, receptor models and other 3D QSAR approaches; and 3D QSAR applications. More than 70 scientists have contributed nearly 40 reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes, which present coverage of recent developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

This is a set comprising the second and third volumes in the series. They review the progress being made in CoMFA and other 3D QSAR approaches since the publication of the first volume. Volume Two, "Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity", is divided into three sections dealing with: ligand-protein interactions, quantum chemical models and molecular dynamics simulations; and pharmacophore modelling and molecular similarity, respectively. Volume Three, "Recent Advances" is also divided into three sections, namely: 3D QSAR methodology - CoMFA and related approaches; receptor models and other 3D QSAR approaches; and 3D QSAR applications. More than 70 scientists have contributed nearly 40 reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes. The works present an up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

Volumes 2 and 3 of the 3D QSAR in Drug Design series aim to review the progress being made in CoMFA and other 3D QSAR approaches since the publication of the highly successful first volume about four years ago. Volume 2 (Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity) divides into three sections dealing with Ligand-Protein Interactions, Quantum Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Pharmacophore Modelling and Molecular Similarity, respectively. Volume 3 (Recent Advances) is also divided into three sections, namely 3D QSAR Methodology: CoMFA and Related Approaches, Receptor Models and Other 3D QSAR Approaches, and 3D QSAR Applications. More than seventy distinguished scientists have contributed nearly forty reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes which are of outstanding quality and timeliness. These works present an up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

Volumes 2 and 3 of the 3D QSAR in Drug Design series aim to review the progress being made in CoMFA and other 3D QSAR approaches since the publication of the highly successful first volume about four years ago. Volume 2 (Ligand-Protein Interactions and Molecular Similarity) divides into three sections dealing with Ligand-Protein Interactions, Quantum Chemical Models and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, and Pharmacophore Modelling and Molecular Similarity, respectively. Volume 3 (Recent Advances) is also divided into three sections, namely 3D QSAR Methodology: CoMFA and Related Approaches, Receptor Models and Other 3D QSAR Approaches, and 3D QSAR Applications. More than seventy distinguished scientists have contributed nearly forty reviews of their work and related research to these two volumes which are of outstanding quality and timeliness. These works present an up-to-date coverage of the latest developments in all fields of 3D QSAR.

Progress in medicinal chemistry and in drug design depends on our ability to understand the interactions of drugs with their biological targets. Classical QSAR studies describe biological activity in terms of physicochemical properties of substituents in certain positions of the drug molecules. The purpose of this book is twofold: On the one hand, both the novice and the experienced user will be introduced to the theory and application of 3D QSAR analyses, and on the other, a comprehensive overview of the scope and limitations of these methods is given. The detailed discussion of the present state of the art should enable scientists to further develop and improve these powerful new tools. The greater part of the book is dedicated to the theoretical background of 3D QSAR and to a discussion of CoMFA applications. In addition, various other 3D QSAR approaches and some CoMFA-related methods are described in detail. Thus, the book should be valuable for medicinal, agricultural and theoretical chemists, biochemists and biologists, as well as for other scientists interested in drug design. Its content, starting at a very elementary level and proceeding to the latest methodological results, the strengths and limitations of 3D QSAR approaches, makes the book also appropriate as a text for teaching and for graduate student courses.