Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2004, 5(2), 37-47; doi:10.3390/i5020037
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Molecular Similarity of MDR Inhibitors

Mire Zloh 1,* email and Simon Gibbons 2
1 University of London School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Chemistry, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK 2 University of London School of Pharmacy, Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 10 April 2003 / Accepted: 31 August 2003 / Published: 30 January 2004
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Proceedings of the 9th Electronic Computational Chemistry Conference. Part I.)
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Abstract: The molecular similarity of multidrug resistance (MDR) inhibitors was evaluated using the point centred atom charge approach in an attempt to find some common features of structurally unrelated inhibitors. A series of inhibitors of bacterial MDR were studied and there is a high similarity between these in terms of their shape, presence and orientation of aromatic ring moieties. A comparison of the lipophilic properties of these molecules has also been conducted suggesting that this factor is important in MDR inhibition.
Keywords: MDR; multidrug resistance; inhibitor; molecular similarity; SAR; ab initio

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