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. 2024 Feb 29:7:100134.
doi: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2024.100134. eCollection 2024.

Molecular structural modeling and physical characteristics of anti-breast cancer drugs via some novel topological descriptors and regression models

Summeira Meharban  1 , Asad Ullah  1 , Shahid Zaman  2 , Anila Hamraz  1 , Abdul Razaq  3
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Molecular structural modeling and physical characteristics of anti-breast cancer drugs via some novel topological descriptors and regression models

Summeira Meharban et al. Curr Res Struct Biol. .

Abstract

Research is continuously being pursued to treat cancer patients and prevent the disease by developing new medicines. However, experimental drug design and development is a costly, time-consuming, and challenging process. Alternatively, computational and mathematical techniques play an important role in optimally achieving this goal. Among these mathematical techniques, topological indices (TIs) have many applications in the drugs used for the treatment of breast cancer. TIs can be utilized to forecast the effectiveness of drugs by providing molecular structure information and related properties of the drugs. In addition, these can assist in the design and discovery of new drugs by providing insights into the structure-property/structure-activity relationships. In this article, a Quantitative Structure Property Relationship (QSPR) analysis is carried out using some novel degree-based molecular descriptors and regression models to predict various properties (such as boiling point, melting point, enthalpy, flashpoint, molar refraction, molar volume, and polarizability) of 14 drugs used for the breast cancer treatment. The molecular structures of these drugs are topologically modeled through vertex and edge partitioning techniques of graph theory, and then linear regression models are developed to correlate the computed values with the experimental properties of the drugs to investigate the performance of TIs in predicting these properties. The results confirmed the potential of the considered topological indices as a tool for drug discovery and design in the field of breast cancer treatment.

Keywords: Drugs; Graph theory; Molecular structure; QSPR analysis; Topological indices.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Molecular structures of anti-breast cancer drugs.
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Molecular structures of anti-breast cancer drugs.
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Correlation coefficients of physical properties and Topological indices (TIs).
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