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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal and human health
  3. medical sciences
  4. pharmacology
  5. drug development
  6. drug design
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal and human health
  3. medical sciences
  4. pharmacology
  5. drug development
  6. drug design
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal science
  3. medical sciences
  4. pharmacology
  5. drug development
  6. drug design
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal science
  3. medical sciences
  4. pharmacology
  5. drug development
  6. drug design

Preferred term

drug design

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The molecular designing of drugs for specific purposes (such as DNA-binding, enzyme inhibition, anti-cancer efficacy, etc.) based on knowledge of molecular properties such as activity of functional groups, molecular geometry, and electronic structure, and also on information cataloged on analogous molecules. Drug design is generally computer-assisted molecular modeling and does not include pharmacokinetics, dosage analysis, or drug administration analysis.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • drug modeling

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/313430

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