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  • noun pharmacology The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity.

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Examples

  • A pharmacophore is a set of structural features in a molecule that is recognized at a receptor site.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • As for cinnamic aldehyde, the curcuminoids, and the nitroalkenes, I believe the anticancer activity and other therapeutic benefits of a nitrone spin trap results from the fact that it is a mild electrophile and a Michael acceptor pharmacophore.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • When phytonutrients and other molecules that contain the Michael acceptor–like pharmacophore upregulate the transcription factor NRF2, more than a dozen protective anti-inflammatory proteins in the cell are activated.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • The paper notes that the MCSS is not necessarily of biochemical relevance, indicating that there is room for pharmacophore like concept in the CDK.

    CDK Literature #1 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • The paper notes that the MCSS is not necessarily of biochemical relevance, indicating that there is room for pharmacophore like concept in the CDK.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Egon Willighagen 2007

  • At the conference, Addex will disclose a novel oral mGluR4 PAM chemical scaffold with a pharmacophore and structure activity relationship that is completely different from existing molecules in the field.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The pharmacophore models may then be use to select compound libraries that are enriched with features desirable for

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • * Design and synthesis of SERCA inhibitors base don the pharmacophore of thapsigargin.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • * Design and synthesis of SERCA inhibitors base don the pharmacophore of thapsigargin.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Subsequently we will derive inverted pharmacophore models for the binding modes observed.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

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