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ReviewJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2018

π-Cation Interactions in Molecular Recognition: Perspectives on Pharmaceuticals and Pesticides.

Zhibin Liang, Qing X Li

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Review in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhibin LiangDepartment of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8855-1696
Qing X LiDepartment of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering , University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu , Hawaii 96822 , United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4589-2869
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US

Funding

RESEARCH DESIGN, BIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH ETHICS COREG12MD007601 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI BERRY, MARLA J · 2012 to 2016
$13.0M
NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The π-cation interaction that differs from the cation-π interaction is a valuable concept in molecular design of pharmaceuticals and pesticides. In this Perspective we present an up-to-date review (from 1995 to 2017) on bioactive molecules involving π-cation interactions with the recognition site, and categorize into systems of inhibitor-enzyme, ligand-receptor, ligand-transporter, and hapten-antibody. The concept of π-cation interactions offers use of π systems in a small molecule to enhance the binding affinity, specificity, selectivity, lipophilicity, bioavailability, and metabolic stability, which are physiochemical features desired for drugs and pesticides.

Indexed as

AnimalsCationsInsectaInsect ProteinsModels, MolecularPesticidesCationsInsect ProteinsPesticidesdrug designmolecular designmolecular recognitionpesticidepharmaceuticalπ−cation bondπ−cation interaction

Identifiers

PMID29522678
PMCPMC7357627
OpenAlexW2793852959

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