Volsurf program

A simple protocol was used to build the compounds compounds were modeled with the corresponding net charges, after which 2D-3D structure conversion was carried out using the program Concord [21]. The 3D dataset obtained was submitted to the VolSurf program, and principal component analysis (PCA) was applied for chemometric interpretation. No metabolic stability information was applied to the model. 

Cruciani et al., used a dynamic physicochemical interaction model to evaluate the interaction energies between a water probe and the hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions of the solute with the GRID force field. The VolSurf program was used to generate a PLS model able to predict log Poet [51] from the 3D molecular structure. 

With only few exceptions, most log P programs refer to the octanol-water system. Based on Rekker s fragmental constant approach, a log P calculation for aliphatic hydrocarbon-water partitioning has been reported [96]. Another more recent approach to alkane-water log P and log D is based on the program VolSurf [97]. It is believed that these values may offer a better predictor for uptake in the brain. 

GRID and VolSurf are free programs available from the Internet at the site http //moldiscovery.com. The Almond program is a available from the Internet at www.moldiscovery.com. 

The predictive models included in the program Volsurf" were utilized as part of a library designed to identify non-benzodiazepine ligands for the GABA-A receptor." A virtual library of 500 compounds was enumerated using Accord for Excel. The virtual library was filtered to remove compounds... 

VolSurfwas initially validated on oral absorption [16, 17] and blood-brain-barrier permeation [18] models (see belovi ). VolSurf has continued to be developed to improve in silico predictions for ADME properties, although its use has also been extended to receptor-based evaluation of binding affinity [19, 20], While other soft-ivare tools for ADME modeling are available (see, e.g., [21]), the MIF-based collection of sofhvare and models available from Molecular Discovery (MD) is both extensive and ivell validated by the private sector. Three programs from MD, VolSurf, MetaSite and Almond, are particularly suited for rapid evaluation of large compound sets [22] in connection ivith ADME/Tox related properties ... 

The GRID force field represents the basis for several software packages specifically developed for application to pharmacodynamic aspects of drug research, including the programs ALMOND, Pathfinder, and FLAP or, in the ADME field, the programs VolSurf and MetaSite. 

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