Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis
The physicochemical properties of classical lignans, neolignans, flavonolignans and carbohydrate-lignan conjugates (CLCs) were analysed to assess their ADMET profiles and establish if these compounds are lead-like/drug-like and thus have potential to be or act as leads in the development of future t...
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description | The physicochemical properties of classical lignans, neolignans, flavonolignans and carbohydrate-lignan conjugates (CLCs) were analysed to assess their ADMET profiles and establish if these compounds are lead-like/drug-like and thus have potential to be or act as leads in the development of future therapeutics. It was found that while no studied compounds were lead-like, a very large proportion (>75%) fulfilled all the requirements to be deemed as present in drug-like space and almost all compounds studied were in the known drug space. Principal component analysis was an effective technique that enabled the investigation of the relationship between the studied molecular descriptors and was able to separate the lignans from their sugar derivatives and flavonolignans, primarily according to the parameters that are considered when defining chemical space (i.e., number of hydrogen bond donors, acceptors, rotatable bonds, polar surface area and molecular weight). These results indicate that while CLCs and flavonolignans are less drug-like, lignans show a particularly high level of drug-likeness, an observation that coupled with their potent biological activities, demands future pursuit into their potential for use as therapeutics. |
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spelling | doaj.art-816db1b7b33545a3afc1e7d30e662db22022-12-21T17:48:55ZengMDPI AGMolecules1420-30492018-07-01237166610.3390/molecules23071666molecules23071666Lignans: A Chemometric AnalysisLisa I. Pilkington0School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New ZealandThe physicochemical properties of classical lignans, neolignans, flavonolignans and carbohydrate-lignan conjugates (CLCs) were analysed to assess their ADMET profiles and establish if these compounds are lead-like/drug-like and thus have potential to be or act as leads in the development of future therapeutics. It was found that while no studied compounds were lead-like, a very large proportion (>75%) fulfilled all the requirements to be deemed as present in drug-like space and almost all compounds studied were in the known drug space. Principal component analysis was an effective technique that enabled the investigation of the relationship between the studied molecular descriptors and was able to separate the lignans from their sugar derivatives and flavonolignans, primarily according to the parameters that are considered when defining chemical space (i.e., number of hydrogen bond donors, acceptors, rotatable bonds, polar surface area and molecular weight). These results indicate that while CLCs and flavonolignans are less drug-like, lignans show a particularly high level of drug-likeness, an observation that coupled with their potent biological activities, demands future pursuit into their potential for use as therapeutics.http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/7/1666lignanschemometricsneolignansflavonolignanschemical spacedrug-like |
spellingShingle | Lisa I. Pilkington Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis Molecules lignans chemometrics neolignans flavonolignans chemical space drug-like |
title | Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis |
title_full | Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis |
title_fullStr | Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis |
title_short | Lignans: A Chemometric Analysis |
title_sort | lignans a chemometric analysis |
topic | lignans chemometrics neolignans flavonolignans chemical space drug-like |
url | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/7/1666 |
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