METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE SUBSTANCES

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for determining pharmaceutically active substances with the aid of test series, in which the action of a large number of different substances on one or more biological targets is tested and a hit list of those substances which actually or apparently have shown a pharmaceutical action on at least one biological target is prepared, whereupon a selection is made from the hits for more detailed investigations of pharmaceutical activity and/or applicability. In order to provide a method of the type stated at the outset, by means of which the success rate can be significantly increased, the following features are proposed: a) Determination of the chemical structure of the substances in the hit list, b) splitting of the structure of the substances into individual components or fragments, c) classification of the substances into groups having in each case identical and/or virtually identical or similar fragments, d) evaluation of the pharmacological activity of the various groups, e) comparison of the pharmacological activity of the various groups and f) selection of substances from those groups which, on the basis of the evaluation and of the comparison according to steps d and e, have the highest activity.