title: Simple criterion for selection of flavonoid compounds with anti-HIV activity.
abstract: Flavonoid compounds represent an important natural source of antiretrovirals for AIDS therapy due to their significant anti-HIV-1 activity and low toxicity. Here we propose a simple theoretical criterion to discriminate active from inactive flavonoids that is suitable for rapid in silico screening of flavonoid libraries, and selection and optimization of lead compounds with anti-HIV-1 activity.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Multidisciplinary Research, Institute of Nuclear Sciences VINCA, PO Box 522, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia. vv@vin.bg.ac.yu
authors.forename: Veljko
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Veljkovic
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mouscadet
authors.forename: Nevena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Veljkovic
authors.forename: Sanja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glisic
authors.forename: Zeger
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Debyser
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D005419:Flavonoids