title: Quantitative structure-activity relationships of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
abstract: A review is presented of quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) of different categories of carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors, which are basically benzenesulfonamides, heterocyclic sulfonamides and aliphatic sulfonamides. The review shows that in all categories, the inhibition potency depends largely on the electronic properties of the sulfonamide group, which can be affected by the electronic characteristics of the substituents present on the nucleus (benzene or heterocyclic ring) of the sulfonamide molecules. Substituents themselves can be involved, along with the nucleus, in some dispersion interaction with the enzyme. Based on this review, a schematic model is presented to represent the interaction of sulfonamides with the CA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India. spg@bits-pilani.ac.in
authors.forename: Satya P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002257:Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors; D013449:Sulfonamides