In Silico Drug Discovery and Design - 9781482217834

CRC Press

In Silico Drug Discovery and DesignTheory, Methods, Challenges, and Applications\nAuthor(s): Claudio N. Cavasotto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781482217834, 978-1482217834\nSynopsis\nIn Silico Drug Discovery and Design: Theory, Methods, Challenges, and Applications provides a comprehensive, unified, and in-depth overview of the current methodological strategies in computer-aided drug discovery and design. Its main aims are to introduce the theoretical framework and algorithms, discuss the range of validity, strengths and limitations of each methodology, and present applications to real world problems in the drug discovery arena. Special emphasis has been given to the emerging and most pressing methodological challenges in in silico drug discovery and design.\n\nThe book assumes a basic knowledge of physical principles and molecular modeling. Particular attention has been paid to outline the underlying physico.