A Quantitative Structure–Activity Relationship Study of Calpeptin (Calpain Inhibitor) as an Anticancer Agent

Calpeptin analogs show anticancer properties with inhibition of calpain. In this work, we applied a quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) model on 34 calpeptin derivatives to select the most appropriate compound. QSAR was employed to generate the models and predict the more significant compounds through a series of calpeptin derivatives. The HyperChem, Gaussian 09, and Dragon software programs were used for geometry optimization of the molecules. The 2D and 3D molecular structures were drawn by ChemDraw (Ultra 16.0) and Chem3D (Pro16.0) software. The Unscrambler program was used for the analysis of data. Multiple linear regression (MLR‐MLR), partial least‐squares (MLR‐PLS1), principal component regression (MLR‐PCR), a genetic algorithm‐artificial neural networks (GA‐ANN), and a novel similarity analysis‐artificial neural network (SA‐ANN) method were used to create QSAR models. Among the three MLR models, MLR‐MLR provided better statistical parameters. The R² and RMSE of the prediction were estimated as 0.8248 and 0.26, respectively. Nevertheless, the constructed model using GA‐ANN revealed the best statistical parameters among the studied methods (R² test = 0.9643, RMSE test = 0.0155, R² train = 0.9644, RMSE train = 0.0139). The GA‐ANN model is found to be the most favorable method among the statistical methods and can be employed for designing new calpeptin analogs as potent calpain inhibitors in cancer treatment.     

烯烃气相色谱保留指数的QSRR研究

通过对184个烯烃类化合物在不同固定相不同柱温下的617个样本的气相色谱保留指数值(RI)与其部分参数:拓扑指数(mQ)、偶极矩(DPL)、固定液极性值(CP)及柱温(T)建立定量-色谱保留相关(QSRR)模型.分别利用多元线性回归(MLR)、偏最小二乘回归(PLSR)、人工神经网络(ANN)建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行深入分析和检验,建模计算值、留一法(LOO)交互检验(CV)预测值和外部样本的复相关系数Rcum,QLOO和Rext分别为0.999 2,0.998 4和0.999 2(MLR);0.999 0,0.998 0和0.999 1(PLSR);0.999 4,0.998 7和0.999 2(ANN).结果表明:所建定量结构保留关系(QSRR)模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力,较好地揭示了烯烃类化合物在不同固定相不同柱温上气相色谱保留指数的变化规律.     

含氧化合物气相色谱保留指数的预测

通过对部分含氧化合物(醇、酯、醛、酮)在不同固定相不同柱温下的849个样本的气相色谱保留指数值(RI)与其部分参数:拓扑指数(mQ)、定位基参数(Sox)、固定液极性值(CP)及柱温(T)建立定量结构-色谱保留相关(QSRR)模型。分别利用多元线性回归(MLR)、偏最小二乘回归(PLSR)、人工神经网络(ANN)建模,同时采用内部及外部双重验证的办法对所得模型稳定性能进行深入分析和检验,建模计算值、留一法(LOO)交互检验(CV)预测值和外部样本预测值的复相关系数Rcum、QLOO和Rext分别为0.9832、0.9829和0.9836(MLR);0.9832、0.9830和0.9836(PLSR);0.9910、0.9909和0.9900(ANN)。结果表明:所建定量结构保留关系(QSRR)模型具有良好的稳定性和预测能力,较好地揭示了含氧化合物(醇、酯、醛、酮)在不同色谱条件下气相色谱保留指数的变化规律。     

段式正交信号校正方法及在小麦近红外光谱数据分析中的应用

针对光谱数据峰宽、局部效应显著、含有噪音、变量个数多及彼此间常存在严重的复共线性等问题,改进和设计一种光谱数据局部校正方法:基于窗口平滑的段式正交信号校正方法,并将之结合偏最小二乘回归,以实现光谱数据的预处理及定量分析。通过NIPALS算法初始化将滤去的正交成分,以近邻分段方式进行逐个波长点的正交信号校正。而后将去噪后的光谱矩阵作为新的自变量阵,通过偏最小二乘回归构建其与性质参变量间的校正模型。通过小麦近红外漫反射光谱数据的应用实验结果表明,本方法正交成分估计稳定,去噪明显,模型的预报性能优于其它方法,PLS成分数减少,模型更加简洁。     

Infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration to monitor stability quality parameters of biodiesel

This paper evaluates analytical methods based on near infrared (NIR) and middle infrared (MIR) spectroscopy and multivariate calibration to monitor the stability of biodiesel. There was a focus on three parameters: oxidative stability index, acid number and water content. Ethylic and methylic biodiesel from different feedstocks were used in experiments of accelerated aging, in order to take into account the wide variety of oilseeds and feedstocks available in Brazil. Partial least squares (PLS) and multiple linear regression (MLR) models were developed. Different pre-processing techniques and spectral variable/regions selection algorithms were evaluated. For MLR models, the successive projection algorithm (SPA) was employed. Interval PLS (iPLS) and selection of variables taking into account the significant regression coefficients were used for PLS models. Results showed that both near and middle infrared regions, and all variable selection methods tested were efficient for predicting these three important quality parameters of B100, the root mean squares error of prediction (RMSEP) values being comparable to the reproducibility of the corresponding standard method for each property investigated.     

Rapid determination of sucrose in chocolate mass using near infrared spectroscopy

This paper reports the results of a rapid method to determine sucrose in chocolate mass using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). We applied a broad-based calibration approach, which consists in putting together in one single calibration samples of various types of chocolate mass. This approach increases the concentration range for one or more compositional parameters, improves the model performance and requires just one calibration model for several recipes. The data were modelled using partial least squares (PLS) and multiple linear regression (MLR). The MLR models were developed using a variable selection based on the coefficient regression of PLS and genetic algorithm (GA). High correlation coefficients (0.998, 0.997, 0.998 for PLS, MLR and GA-MLR, respectively) and low prediction errors confirms the good predictability of the models. The results show that NIR can be used as rapid method to determine sucrose in chocolate mass in chocolate factories.     

An Efficient and Simple Approach to Predict Kovat's Indexes of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in Gas Chromatography

Molecular structures of polychlorinated naphthalenes were numerically described with a simple but efficient encoding method. Correspondingly a set of structural parameters were obtained for these compounds and linearly correlated with their gas chromatography retention indexes. A quantitative structure‐retention relationship Model (M1) was developed by using multiple linear regression (MLR) with correlation coefficient R = 0.9880 between the numeric structural codes and the gas chromatography retention indexes of 62 polychlorinated naphthalenes. If the “leave‐one‐out” cross‐validation procedure was employed to construct QSPR model for all samples, the second model M2 with the correlation coefficient being R = 0.9839 was generated. The structural codes of polychlorinated naphthalenes were tested with MLR for estimation and prediction of the GC RI by models M1 and M2, and the results obtained were satisfactory.