Issue June 2007

category image Volume 24
No. 6 (p 515-784)
June 2007
ISSN 0739-110

Virtual Screening, Molecular Interaction Field, Molecular Dynamics, Docking, Density Functional, and ADMET Properties of Novel AChE Inhibitors in Alzheimer?s Disease (p. 515-524)

Alzheimer?s disease (AD) affects approximately 10% of the world?s population with 65 years of age, being the most common form of dementia in adults and is characterized by senile plaquets and cholinergic deficits. Many drugs currently used for the treatment of the AD are based on the improvement of cholinergic neurotransmission achieved by Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition, the enzyme responsible for acetylcholine hydrolysis. We have focused in this work on the usage of computer-aided molecular design by virtual screening, molecular dynamics with implicit and explicit water solvation, density functional, molecular interaction field studies, docking procedures, ADMET predictions in order to propose novel potential AChE inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer?s disease.

Carlos H. T. P. da Silva1
Ivone Carvalho1
C. A. Taft2,*

1Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas
Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto
Universidade de São Paulo
Av. do Café, s/n, Monte Alegre
14040-903, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil
2Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud
150, Urca, 22290-180
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
*taft@cbpf.br

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