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Título del libro: Evidence-Based Validation Of Herbal Medicine
Título del capítulo: Discovery and Development of Lead Compounds from Natural Sources Using Computational Approaches

Autores UNAM:
JOSE LUIS MEDINA FRANCO;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2015
Palabras clave:

Chemical space; Chemoinformatics; Computer-aided drug design; Dietary components; Drug discovery; Molecular diversity; Pharmacological profiling; Structure-activity relationships; Target fishing; Virtual screening


Resumen:

This chapter discusses the synergy between natural product-based drug discovery and methods used in computer-aided drug design. For centuries, Nature has been the source of compounds that are currently in the clinic or that have been used as molecular probes to identify therapeutic targets. In addition, Nature has inspired the development of a significant number of pharmaceutical agents. In contrast, computational approaches applied to drug discovery date back to only a few decades. Nonetheless, computational methods are evolving at an impressive speed and are making significant contributions to identifying and developing bioactive compounds of therapeutic relevance. Computational methods have a broad range of applications in natural product research including the organization and comprehensive analysis of molecular databases, systematic screening of natural products libraries, computer-aided optimization of lead compounds, and identification of biological activities for natural products of dietary origin. © 2015 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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