"Drug Design" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The molecular designing of drugs for specific purposes (such as DNA-binding, enzyme inhibition, anti-cancer efficacy, etc.) based on knowledge of molecular properties such as activity of functional groups, molecular geometry, and electronic structure, and also on information cataloged on analogous molecules. Drug design is generally computer-assisted molecular modeling and does not include pharmacokinetics, dosage analysis, or drug administration analysis.
| Descriptor ID |
D015195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.295.500 H01.158.703.007.675.500 H01.181.466.675.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Design- Drug Design
- Design, Drug
- Designs, Drug
- Drug Designs
Drug Modeling- Drug Modeling
- Drug Modelings
- Modeling, Drug
- Modelings, Drug
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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