Electronic-topological study of the structure-activity relationships in a series of steroids with mineralocorticoid binding affinity.

Conformational analysis and quantum chemical calculations were carried out using molecular mechanics (MMP2) and semi-empirical quantum chemistry (CNDO/2) methods for 51 steroid homologues belonging to a series of 17-spirolactones. Matrices called Electronic-Topological Matrices of Conjunction (ETMCs) were formed using data obtained from quantum chemical calculations. A structural fragment of activity was identified in the series of steroids.

Investigation of structure-activity relationship on 17-spirolactone derivatives: the electronic-topological approach.

Sixty steroid homologues belonging to a series of 17-spirolactone derivatives such as aldosterone antagonists were investigated by electronic-topological method (ETM). Activity features Ph1-Ph3 that also are called pharmacophores were revealed. The pharmacophore Ph1 consists of two oxygen atoms and four carbon atoms.