Download or read book Structural Bioinformatics Applications in Preclinical Drug Discovery Process written by C. Gopi Mohan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the advances and challenges of structure-based drug design in the preclinical drug discovery process, addressing various diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis and cancer. Written by internationally recognized researchers, this edited book discusses how the application of the various in-silico techniques, such as molecular docking, virtual screening, pharmacophore modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, and residue interaction networks offers insights into pharmacologically active novel molecular entities. It presents a clear concept of the molecular mechanism of different drug targets and explores methods to help understand drug resistance. In addition, it includes chapters dedicated to natural-product- derived medicines, combinatorial drug discovery, the CryoEM technique for structure-based drug design and big data in drug discovery. The book offers an invaluable resource for graduate and postgraduate students, as well as for researchers in academic and industrial laboratories working in the areas of chemoinformatics, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacoinformatics.
Download or read book Drug Discovery and Development written by Ramarao Poduri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the processes that are involved in the development of new drugs. The authors discuss the history, role of natural products and concept of receptor interactions with regard to the initial stages of drug discovery. In a single, highly readable volume, it outlines the basics of pharmacological screening, drug target identification, and genetics involved in early drug discovery. The final chapters introduce readers to stem therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacovigilance, and toxicological testing. Given its scope, the book will enable research scholars, professionals and young scientists to understand the key fundamentals of drug discovery, including stereochemistry, pharmacokinetics, clinical trials, statistics and toxicology.
Download or read book Applied Computer Aided Drug Design Models and Methods written by Igor José dos Santos Nascimento and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing and developing new drugs is an expensive and time-consuming process, and there is a need to discover new tools or approaches that can optimize this process. Applied Computer-Aided Drug Design: Models and Methods compiles information about the main advances in computational tools for discovering new drugs in a simple and accessible language for academic students to early career researchers. The book aims to help readers understand how to discover molecules with therapeutic potential by bringing essential information about the subject into one volume. Key Features · Presents the concepts and evolution of classical techniques, up to the use of modern methods based on computational chemistry in accessible format. · Gives a primer on structure- and ligand-based drug design and their predictive capacity to discover new drugs. · Explains theoretical fundamentals and applications of computer-aided drug design. · Focuses on a range of applications of the computations tools, such as molecular docking; molecular dynamics simulations; homology modeling, pharmacophore modeling, quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR), density functional theory (DFT), fragment-based drug design (FBDD), and free energy perturbation (FEP). · Includes scientific reference for advanced readers Readership Students, teachers and early career researchers.
Download or read book Bioinformatics Tools for Pharmaceutical Drug Product Development written by Vivek Chavda and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS FOR Pharmaceutical DRUG PRODUCT DLEVELOPMENT A timely book that details bioinformatics tools, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational methods, protein interactions, peptide-based drug design, and omics technologies, for drug development in the pharmaceutical and medical sciences industries. The book contains 17 chapters categorized into 3 sections. The first section presents the latest information on bioinformatics tools, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational methods, protein interactions, peptide-based drug design, and omics technologies. The following 2 sections include bioinformatics tools for the pharmaceutical sector and the healthcare sector. Bioinformatics brings a new era in research to accelerate drug target and vaccine design development, improving validation approaches as well as facilitating and identifying side effects and predicting drug resistance. As such, this will aid in more successful drug candidates from discovery to clinical trials to the market, and most importantly make it a more cost-effective process overall. Readers will find in this book: Applications of bioinformatics tools for pharmaceutical drug product development like process development, pre-clinical development, clinical development, commercialization of the product, etc.; The ever-expanding application of this novel technology and discusses some of the unique challenges associated with such an approach; The broad and deep background, as well as updates, on recent advances in both medicine and AI/ML that enable the application of these cutting-edge bioinformatics tools. Audience The book will be used by researchers and scientists in academia and industry including drug developers, computational biochemists, bioinformaticians, immunologists, pharmaceutical and medical sciences, as well as those in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Download or read book Computational Drug Discovery written by Pooja A. Chawla and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-10-07 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational methods and understanding computational models are important in modern drug discovery. The book focuses on computational approaches that can improve the development of in silico methodologies. It includes lead hit methods, docking algorithms, computational chiral compounds, structure-based drug design, GROMACS and NAMD, structural genomics, toxicity prediction, enzyme inhibitors and peptidomimetic therapeutics
Download or read book Current Trends in Computational Modeling for Drug Discovery written by Supratik Kar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This contributed volume offers a comprehensive discussion on how to design and discover pharmaceuticals using computational modeling techniques. The different chapters deal with the classical and most advanced techniques, theories, protocols, databases, and tools employed in computer-aided drug design (CADD) covering diverse therapeutic classes. Multiple components of Structure-Based Drug Discovery (SBDD) along with its workflow and associated challenges are presented while potential leads for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), antiviral agents, anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drugs, and leads for Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) disease are discussed in detail. Computational toxicological aspects in drug design and discovery, screening adverse effects, and existing or future in silico tools are highlighted, while a novel in silico tool, RASAR, which can be a major technique for small to big datasets when not much experimental data are present, is presented. The book also introduces the reader to the major drug databases covering drug molecules, chemicals, therapeutic targets, metabolomics, and peptides, which are great resources for drug discovery employing drug repurposing, high throughput, and virtual screening. This volume is a great tool for graduates, researchers, academics, and industrial scientists working in the fields of cheminformatics, bioinformatics, computational biology, and chemistry.
Download or read book Drug Discovery and Development written by Vishwanath Gaitonde and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of drug discovery and development is a complex multistage logistics project spanned over 10-15 years with an average budget exceeding 1 billion USD. Starting with target identification and synthesizing anywhere between 10k to 15k synthetic compounds to potentially obtain the final drug that reaches the market involves a complicated maze with multiple inter- and intra-operative fields. Topics described in this book emphasize the progresses in computational applications, pharmacokinetics advances, and molecular modeling developments. In addition the book also contains special topics describing target deorphaning in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, therapy treatment of some rare diseases, and developments in the pediatric drug discovery process.
Download or read book Molecular Docking for Computer Aided Drug Design written by Mohane S. Coumar and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molecular Docking for Computer-Aided Drug Design: Fundamentals, Techniques, Resources and Applications offers in-depth coverage on the use of molecular docking for drug design. The book is divided into three main sections that cover basic techniques, tools, web servers and applications. It is an essential reference for students and researchers involved in drug design and discovery. - Covers the latest information and state-of-the-art trends in structure-based drug design methodologies - Includes case studies that complement learning - Consolidates fundamental concepts and current practice of molecular docking into one convenient resource
Download or read book Modeling Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases written by Tarun Jha and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have been established as promising biomolecular targets for novel drug design and discovery against numerous major disease conditions including various cancers, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, inflammatory diseases, and more. This book covers various modern molecular modeling methodologies particularly related to MMP inhibitors. Included in the text are descriptions of ligand-based drug designing and structure-based drug designing modeling strategies for designing potential and target specific or selective MMPIs. This book will benefit those who are looking for an in-depth text on the design and discovery processes of novel and selective MMPIs. Features Describes modeling strategies applied to MMPs Elaborates on the designing strategies of MMPs specifically Includes in-depth analyses of related case studies Acts as a guide for medicinal chemists, not only from pharmaceutical industries, but also from academia Covers various modern molecular modeling methodologies, particularly related to MMPIs
Download or read book Concepts and Experimental Protocols of Modelling and Informatics in Drug Design written by Om Silakari and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts and Experimental Protocols of Modelling and Informatics in Drug Design discusses each experimental protocol utilized in the field of bioinformatics, focusing especially on computer modeling for drug development. It helps the user in understanding the field of computer-aided molecular modeling (CAMM) by presenting solved exercises and examples. The book discusses topics such as fundamentals of molecular modeling, QSAR model generation, protein databases and how to use them to select and analyze protein structure, and pharmacophore modeling for drug targets. Additionally, it discusses data retrieval system, molecular surfaces, and freeware and online servers. The book is a valuable source for graduate students and researchers on bioinformatics, molecular modeling, biotechnology and several members of biomedical field who need to understand more about computer-aided molecular modeling. - Presents exercises with solutions to aid readers in validating their own protocol - Brings a thorough interpretation of results of each exercise to help readers compare them to their own study - Explains each parameter utilized in the algorithms to help readers understand and manipulate various features of molecules and target protein to design their study
Download or read book Computer Aided Drug Design written by Dev Bukhsh Singh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides up-to-date information on bioinformatics tools for the discovery and development of new drug molecules. It discusses a range of computational applications, including three-dimensional modeling of protein structures, protein-ligand docking, and molecular dynamics simulation of protein-ligand complexes for identifying desirable drug candidates. It also explores computational approaches for identifying potential drug targets and for pharmacophore modeling. Moreover, it presents structure- and ligand-based drug design tools to optimize known drugs and guide the design of new molecules. The book also describes methods for identifying small-molecule binding pockets in proteins, and summarizes the databases used to explore the essential properties of drugs, drug-like small molecules and their targets. In addition, the book highlights various tools to predict the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion (ADME) and toxicity (T) of potential drug candidates. Lastly, it reviews in silico tools that can facilitate vaccine design and discusses their limitations.
Download or read book Dietary Polyphenols in Human Diseases written by Mithun Rudrapal and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diets rich in plant polyphenols or dietary polyphenols are the subject of increasing scientific interest because of their diverse range of health benefits and medicinal uses. This book, Dietary Polyphenols in Human Diseases: Advances and Challenges in Drug Discovery, fills the gap that exists in the current knowledge by presenting the latest information in the area of polyphenol-based drug discovery research. The book focuses on the current understanding of the beneficial effects on human health of diets rich in polyphenols and/or polyphenolic compounds derived from dietary sources (plant-based foods) and their possible preventive role in the management of chronic human diseases. In addition, biochemical mechanisms involved in the antioxidative effect of dietary polyphenols along with their bioavailability, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological considerations are also discussed herein. Key Features Presents health benefits and medicinal importance of dietary polyphenols having antioxidative effects and their possible preventive role against oxidative stress (OS)-induced chronic human diseases. Summarizes the latest understanding of the biochemical mechanism(s) involved in the antioxidative action of dietary polyphenols along with their bioavailability, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological considerations. Highlights novel approaches of drug discovery from dietary polyphenols through computational screening of bioactive phytochemical components. With contributions by a global team of experts (academics, scientists, and researchers), this book is intended to be a useful resource for a wider audience, particularly those working in the area of drug discovery and development research, such as discovery scientists, pharmaceutical scientists (R&D), formulation scientists, medicinal chemists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, phytochemists, biochemists, clinicians, researchers, students, teachers, and many others.
Download or read book Understanding Protein Dynamics Binding and Allostery for Drug Design written by Guang Hu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Structural Biology in Drug Discovery written by Jean-Paul Renaud and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 1437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of structure-based drug discovery covering both experimental and computational approaches, Structural Biology in Drug Discovery: Methods, Techniques, and Practices describes principles, methods, applications, and emerging paradigms of structural biology as a tool for more efficient drug development. Coverage includes successful examples, academic and industry insights, novel concepts, and advances in a rapidly evolving field. The combined chapters, by authors writing from the frontlines of structural biology and drug discovery, give readers a valuable reference and resource that: Presents the benefits, limitations, and potentiality of major techniques in the field such as X-ray crystallography, NMR, neutron crystallography, cryo-EM, mass spectrometry and other biophysical techniques, and computational structural biology Includes detailed chapters on druggability, allostery, complementary use of thermodynamic and kinetic information, and powerful approaches such as structural chemogenomics and fragment-based drug design Emphasizes the need for the in-depth biophysical characterization of protein targets as well as of therapeutic proteins, and for a thorough quality assessment of experimental structures Illustrates advances in the field of established therapeutic targets like kinases, serine proteinases, GPCRs, and epigenetic proteins, and of more challenging ones like protein-protein interactions and intrinsically disordered proteins
Download or read book Frontiers in Computational Chemistry Volume 6 written by Zaheer Ul-Haq and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontiers in Computational Chemistry presents contemporary research on molecular modeling techniques used in drug discovery and the drug development process: computer aided molecular design, drug discovery and development, lead generation, lead optimization, database management, computer and molecular graphics, and the development of new computational methods or efficient algorithms for the simulation of chemical phenomena including analyses of biological activity. The sixth volume of this series features these six different perspectives on the application of computational chemistry in rational drug design: 1. Computer-aided molecular design in computational chemistry 2. The role of ensemble conformational sampling using molecular docking & dynamics in drug discovery 3. Molecular dynamics applied to discover antiviral agents 4. Pharmacophore modeling approach in drug discovery against the tropical infectious disease malaria 5. Advances in computational network pharmacology for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) research 6. Progress in electronic-structure based computational methods: from small molecules to large molecular systems of biological significance
Download or read book Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery written by Richard S. Larson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent advances in drug discovery have been rapid. The second edition of Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery has been completely updated to include topics that range from new technologies in target identification, genomic analysis, cheminformatics, protein analysis, and network or pathway analysis. Each chapter provides an extended introduction that describes the theory and application of the technology. In the second part of each chapter, detailed procedures related to the use of these technologies and software have been incorporated. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, the chapters include the kind of detailed description and implementation advice that is crucial for getting optimal results in the laboratory. Thorough and intuitive, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery, Second Edition seeks to aid scientists in the further study of the rapidly expanding field of drug discovery.
Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery written by Nathan Brown and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following significant advances in deep learning and related areas interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly grown. In particular, the application of AI in drug discovery provides an opportunity to tackle challenges that previously have been difficult to solve, such as predicting properties, designing molecules and optimising synthetic routes. Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery aims to introduce the reader to AI and machine learning tools and techniques, and to outline specific challenges including designing new molecular structures, synthesis planning and simulation. Providing a wealth of information from leading experts in the field this book is ideal for students, postgraduates and established researchers in both industry and academia.
