Beschreibung:
Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD): From Ligand-Based Methods to Structure-Based Approaches outlines the basic theoretical principles, methodologies and applications of different fundamental and advanced CADD approaches and techniques. Including information on current protocols as well as recent developments in the computational methods, tools and techniques used for rational drug design, the book explains the fundamental aspects of CADD, combining this with a practical understanding of the various in silico approaches used in modern drug discovery processes to assess the field in a comprehensive and systematic manner.
1. Introduction to drug design and discovery 2. Fundamental considerations in drug design 3. Ligand-based drug design (LBDD) 4. Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) 5. Fundamentals of molecular modeling in drug design 6. Pharmacophore modeling in drug design 7. Structure-based drug design (SBDD) 8. Recent advances in CADD 9. Limitations and future challenges of CADD