Biomedical subjects

F Darvas

Publications and source records attributed to F Darvas.

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PubMed1979

Investigation of the common mechanism of action of antibacterial compounds containing gamma-pyridone-beta-carboxylic acid structure by principal component.

On the basis of 576 in vitro antibacterial positive results of 99 compounds containing gamma-pyridone-beta-carboxylic acid structure conclusions have been drawn on the mechanism of action of the derivatives by principal component analysis. It has been found that the compounds exert their effect essentially by influencing two types of physiological processes or series of processes. The more important of the two "mechanisms", responsible for 50-95% of the activity of the compounds, is common for the compounds investigated, and is associated with the gamma-pyridone-beta-carboxylic acid structure.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

PubMed1978

Logic-based program system for predicting drug interactions.

This paper deals with the application of an AI language, based on mechanical theorem prover (PROLOG), to deduce drug interactions. One hundred and thirty-one drug interactions were predicted by logical deduction with a program system comprising about 52 drugs in practice and 32 independent possibilities of deduction. The database of the system contains the chemical and pharmaceutical characteristics of the active components of the drug preparations, and the deductions are based on general pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic or other biochemical relationships concerning interactions.

Computers↗

PubMed1975

Substituted cycloalkanol ethers of psychostimulant activity: studies on quantitative structure-activity relationships.

Quantitative relationships between chemical structures and locomotor activities of 20 substituted cycloalcanol basic ethers have been investigated using Hansch- and Free-Wilson methods. The Hansch-type regression analysis performed on 10 compounds having different cycloalkyl-rings revealed the highly significant role of the hydrophobic characteristics on the activity tested. The QSAR-study of 20 cycloalcanol-ethers according to Free and Wilson gave a significant equation with good statistical indices. On the basis of the results the compounds under study appear not to exert their activity through interaction with receptor raising strict sterical and electrical requirements.

Animals↗