Discovery of new human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) inhibitors for potential use as anticancer agents via ligand-based pharmacophore modeling.

To discover potential antitumor agents directed toward human epidermal growth factor receptor-2HER2/ErbB2 overexpression in cancer, we have explored the pharmacophoric space of 115 HER2/ErbB2 inhibitors. This identified 240 pharmacophores which were subsequently clustered into 20 groups and cluster centers were used as 3D-pharmacophoric descriptors in QSAR analysis with 2D-physicochemical descriptors to select the optimal combination. We were obliged to use ligand efficiency as the response variable because the logarithmic transformation of bioactivities failed to access self-consistent QSAR models.

Aqueous extracts of some medicinal plants are as toxic as Imidacloprid to the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci.

Aqueous extracts of nine plants, known to have medicinal activity, were tested for their toxicity against the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn. (Homoptera: Aleurodidae) compared to the toxicity of the insecticide, Imidacloprid. Extracts of Lepidiuim sativum L.