In this paper, we suggest that causal inference methods could be efficiently used in Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) modeling as additional validation criteria within quality evaluation of the model. Verification of the relationships between descriptors and toxicity or other activity in the QSAR model has a vital role in understanding the mechanisms of action. The well-know...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used for the treatment of pain, fever and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. A series of direct analogues of flurbriprofen [4’-methylbiphenyl-2-(substituted phenyl) carboxamide derivatives] have been reported as novel anti-inflammatory agent. In order to gain further insights into the structural require...

A series of 2-benzoxazolinone, diazocoumarin and quinazoline derivatives have been shown to inhibit HIV replication in cell culture. To understand the pharmacophore properties of selected molecules and design new anti-HIV agents, quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) study was developed using a descriptor selection approach based on the stepwise method. Multiple linear regression ...

We describe the QSAR Workbench, a system for the building and analysis of QSAR models. The system is built around the Pipeline Pilot workflow tool and provides access to a variety of model building algorithms for both continuous and categorical data. Traditionally models are built on a one by one basis and fully exploring the model space of algorithms and descriptor subsets is a time consuming ...

A QSAR study was developed in order to model the antioxidant activity, specifically the radical scavenger activity (RSA), of 26 di(hetero)arylamines' derivatives of benzo[b]thiophenes. The QSAR model was constructed, using the partial least squares projection of latent structures (PLS) method, and its robustness and predictability were verified by internal and external cross-validation methods....

predictive quantitative structure–activity relationship was performed on the novel 4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline and 4-oxo-4h-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives to explore relationship between the structure of synthesized compounds and their anti-hiv-1 activities. in this way, the suitable set of the molecular descriptors was calculated and the important descriptors using the variable selections ...

objective(s): the structure- activity relationship of a series of 36 molecules, showing l-type calcium channel blocking was studied using a qsar (quantitative structure–activity relationship) method. materials and methods: structures were optimized by the semi-empirical am1 quantum-chemical method which was also used to find structure-calcium channel blocking activity trends. several types of d...

Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) developed and applied in the prediction of ecotoxic potencies far out number those in other areas, such as health effects. There are yet to be any formal guidelines for the development of ecotoxicological QSARs. Despite this, the depth and breadth of our knowledge of QSARs as they apply to ecotoxicology, especially short-term aquatic toxicity...