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Interaction model for the antiinflammatory action of benzoic and salicylic acids and phenols
Author(s) -
Mehler E. L.,
Gerhards J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560350113
Subject(s) - chemistry , phenols , computational chemistry , molecular orbital , ab initio , benzoic acid , salicylic acid , binding energy , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , biochemistry , physics , nuclear physics
Ab initio, quantum chemical methods have been used to develop an interaction model for the binding of benzoic and salicylic acids and phenols to cyclooxygenase, leading to their antiinflammatory action. The model is based on a regression analysis of the energy of the highest occupied molecular orbital with the potency of the active substances to inhibit prostaglandin production in mouse macrophages and on an analysis of the frontier orbital charge distributions and electrostatic potentials of active and inactive compounds. The model suggests that binding is controlled by an electrostatic orientational factor and a charge transfer or polarization contribution. The observed relative potencies of the phenols and acids can be rationalized with the help of the proposed interaction model.