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. 2013 Oct 24;42(Database issue):D132–D141. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt976

Table 1.

Various descriptors along with their description and significance used for advanced search criteria

Descriptor Comments
Acceptor count Number of hydrogen bond acceptors in the molecule (88).
Donor count Number of hydrogen bond donors in the molecule (88).
Rotatable bonds Provides information about conformation sampling of a molecule, which is useful in docking This is important in docking, where a particular conformation might show favorable binding.
Aromatic rings Number of aromatic rings in a molecule. Generally, the presence of aromatic rings in a molecule result in the possibility of π–π interactions prevalent in binding sites.
XlogP Distribution-coefficient of the inhibitors, drug like properties and lipophilic efficiency (89–91).