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. 2013 Apr 25;8(4):e62839. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062839

Table 2. Statistics of molecular descriptors of natural products in UNPD and FDA-approved drugs in DrugBank.

Descriptors Natural products in UNPD Approved drugs
Mean Median Min Max Mean Median Min Max
AlogP 2.788±3.352 2.710 −36.007 53.473 1.899±2.814 2.164 −12.834 14.242
Molecular_Weight 472.6±265.7 406.5 16.0 3973.5 360.8±199.1 322.1445 6.9 1639.9
Num_Rotatable_Bonds 6.6±6.8 5 0 140 5.5±4.9 4 0 44
Num_Rings 3.7±2.4 3 0 32 2.7±1.6 3 0 10
Num_Aromatic_Rings 0.9±1.3 0 0 20 1.3±1.1 1 0 8
Num_H_Acceptors 7.5±6.7 6 0 104 5.2±4.2 4 0 51
Num_H_Donors 3.4±4.1 2 0 64 2.3±2.6 2 0 23
Molecular_Volume 323.8±172.5 278.5 19.2 2576.2 238.0±128.1 217.8 6.8 1053.3
Molecular_Surface_Area 462.4±249.4 400.2 33 4020.9 347.7±186.4 312.45 16.6 1586.9
Molecular_Polar_Surface_Area 122.2±110.6 87.0 0 1917.9 93.9±84.1 75.0 0 878.8
Molecular_Fractional_PolarSurfaceArea 0.248±0.128 0.233 0 1 0.277±0.171 0.242 0 1
Molecular_SASA 683.0±295.7 612.5 0 5106.7 563.7±232.6 523.3 137.9 2167.1
Molecular_PolarSASA 194.9±169.3 142.1 0 3101.9 152.1±131.0 126.0 0 1321.8
Molecular_FractionalPolarSASA 0.268±0.144 0.242 0 0.967 0.272±0.171 0.239 0 0.933
Molecular_SAVol 591.7±253.7 531.5 0 4468.8 495.9±202.2 462.8 124.3 1900.9

Note: the descriptors of 197201 natural products in UNPD and 1380 FDA-approved small molecule drugs in DrugBank were calculated by Discovery Studio.