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ArticleScientific reports2017

3D-QSAR studies on Maslinic acid analogs for Anticancer activity against Breast Cancer cell line MCF-7.

Sarfaraz Alam, Feroz Khan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sarfaraz AlamMetabolic & Structural Biology Dept., CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, P.O.-CIMAP, Lucknow, 226015, (U.P.), India.
Feroz KhanMetabolic & Structural Biology Dept., CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, P.O.-CIMAP, Lucknow, 226015, (U.P.), India. f.khan@cimap.res.in.ORCID 0000-0002-2704-5925
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants · INUniversity of Montana · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Global prevalence of breast cancer and its rising frequency makes it a key area of research in drug discovery programs. The research article describes the development of field based 3D-QSAR model based on human breast cancer cell line MCF7 in vitro anticancer activity, which defines the molecular level understanding and regions of structure-activity relationship for triterpene maslinic acid and its analogs. The key features such as average shape, hydrophobic regions and electrostatic patterns of active compounds were mined and mapped to virtually screen potential analogs. Then, field points based descriptors were used to develop a 3D-QSAR model by aligning known active compounds onto identified pharmacophore template. The derived LOO validated PLS regression QSAR model showed acceptable r

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Quantitative Structure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsBinding SitesBreast NeoplasmsDrug DiscoveryFemaleHumansLigandsMCF-7 CellsMolecular ConformationMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMolecular StructureOleanolic AcidProtein BindingTriterpenesAntineoplastic AgentsLigandsmaslinic acidOleanolic AcidTriterpenes

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PMID28729623
PMCPMC5519539
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