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DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY
Volume 19, Issue 11, Pages 1731-1743Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2014.06.026
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) are a valuable class of antihypertensive drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular system-related diseases. Hence, constant research into, and the development of, such compounds remain within the priorities of modem medical sciences. In this respect, a thorough understanding of their chemistry and biology is an important aspect of drug design; therefore, we present here available data on the pharmaceutical properties of ACE-Is. We also review the structural and biochemical features of the molecular target of ACE-Is and demonstrate several known enzyme-inhibitor complexes. Finally, we attempt to create a mathematical model describing the relation between the potency and/or stability of ACE-Is and their structural characteristics using quantitative structure-activity relation (QSAR), and quantitative structure-property relation (QSPR) techniques.
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