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 The role of quantitative structure--activity relationships (QSAR) in biomolecular  discovery Winkler DABrief Bioinform  2002[Mar]; 3 (1): 73-86Empirical methods for building predictive models of the relationships between  molecular structure and useful properties are becoming increasingly important.  This has arisen because drug discovery and development have become more complex.  A large amount of biological target information is becoming available through  molecular biology. Automation of chemical synthesis and pharmacological screening  has also provided a vast amount of experimental data. Tools for designing  libraries and extracting information from molecular databases and high-throughput  screening experiments robustly and quickly enable leads to be discovered more  effectively. As drug leads progress down the development pipeline, the ability to  predict physicochemical, pharmacokinetic and toxicological properties of these  leads is becoming increasingly important in reducing the number of expensive,  late development failures. Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR)  methods have much to offer in these areas. However, QSAR analysis has many traps  for unwary practitioners. This review introduces the concepts behind QSAR, points  out problems that may be encountered, suggests ways of avoiding the pitfalls and  introduces several exciting, new QSAR methods discovered during the last decade.|*Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship[MESH]|Models, Molecular[MESH]|Molecular Structure[MESH]|Reproducibility of Results[MESH]
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