Molecular properties include the chemical properties, physical properties, and structural properties of molecules, including drugs. Molecular properties typically do not include pharmacological or biological properties of a chemical compound.
See also
- Biological activity
- Chemical property
- Chemical structure
- Lipinski's rule of five,[1] describing molecular properties of drugs
- Physical property
- QSAR,[2] quantitative structure-activity relationship
References
- ^ C.A. Lipinski; F. Lombardo; B.W. Dominy & P.J. Feeney (1997). "Experimental and computational approaches to estimate solubility and permeability in drug discovery and development settings". Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 23: 3–25. doi:10.1016/S0169-409X(96)00423-1.
- ^ Leach, Andrew R. (2001). Molecular modelling: principles and applications. Englewood Cliffs, N.J: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-582-38210-6.