Man, machine and visual imagery in strategic synthesis planning: Computer-perceived precursors for drug candidates

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 798-819

  Hanessian, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heuristic analysis; Machine perception; Retrosynthesis; Similarity matching; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ALPHA IONONE; CALICHEAMICIN; CEPHALOTAXINE; DIMETHYL ETHER; EZETIMIBE; GEFITINIB; LOSARTAN; LYSERGIC ACID; MORPHINE; PACLITAXEL DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; SULINDAC; TACROLIMUS; UNIPROST; VALDECOXIB; VORICONAZOLE;

ALGORITHM; ANNULATION REACTION; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DIELS ALDER REACTION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IMAGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRECURSOR; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DRUG DESIGN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 27844466777     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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