Structural Alerts for Toxicity

@article{Blagg2020StructuralAF,
  title={Structural Alerts for Toxicity},
  author={Julian Blagg},
  journal={Medicinal Chemistry for Practitioners},
  year={2020}
}
  • J. Blagg
  • Published 15 September 2010
  • Biology
  • Medicinal Chemistry for Practitioners
This chapter summarizes structural alerts where there is a significant weight of evidence that their incorporation into a drug candidate molecule is likely to result in a higher than average incidence of attrition due to adverse safety/or toxicity findings. The mechanism of formation of reactive metabolites from each structural alert is summarized. The structure–toxicity relationships and the boundary of definition for each structural alert are discussed. The benefits of low exposure and… 
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