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Current Drug Metabolism

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ISSN (Print): 1389-2002
ISSN (Online): 1875-5453

Review Article

In-silico ADME Studies for New Drug Discovery: From Chemical Compounds to Chinese Herbal Medicines

Author(s): Guojun Yan, Xiaobing Wang, Zhou Chen, Xianhui Wu, Jinhuo Pan, Yushen Huang, Gang Wan and Zhaogang Yang*

Volume 18, Issue 6, 2017

Page: [535 - 539] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/1389200218666170316094104

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Abstract

Nowadays, in silico tools are widely used to provide the potential structure of the metabolites formed depending on the site of metabolism. These methods can also highlight the molecular moieties that help to direct the molecule into the cytochrome cavity so that the site of metabolism is in proximity to the catalytic center. In this minireview, we summarized three aspects of the in silico methods in the application of prediction of ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) properties of compounds: structure-based approaches for predicting molecular modeling of drug metabolizing enzymes; in silico metabolite prediction; and pharmacophore models for analysis substrate specificity. Moreover, we also extended the in silico studies in Chinese herbal medicines (CHM) research.

Keywords: In silico, ADME, prediction, CHM

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