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Table 8 Statistical results for the descriptors and fingerprints used in QSAR modelling

From: ADMET evaluation in drug discovery: 15. Accurate prediction of rat oral acute toxicity using relevance vector machine and consensus modeling

Molecular descriptors

Number of descriptors

120

(Descriptor + PubchemFP)

120

(Descriptor + SubFP)

150

(Descriptor + PubchemFP)

150

(Descriptor + SubFP)

2D

 Physical properties

6

7

7

7

 Subdivided surface areas

8

9

10

11

 Atom counts and bond counts

10

10

10

11

 Kier&Hall connectivity and kappa shape indices

7

7

8

8

 Adjacency and distance matrix descriptors

11

10

13

14

 Pharmacophore feature descriptors

4

4

5

5

 Partial charge descriptors

19

20

25

27

3D

 Potential energy descriptors

2

1

5

4

 Mopac descriptors

15

15

15

15

 Surface area, volume and shape descriptors

30

30

37

38

 Conformation dependent charge descriptors

4

5

6

6

Fingerprints (PubchemFP)

4

–

9

–

Fingerprints (SubFP)

–

2

–

4