CDRUG: a web server for predicting anticancer activity of chemical compounds

Bioinformatics. 2012 Dec 15;28(24):3334-5. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts625. Epub 2012 Oct 18.

Abstract

Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Screening anticancer candidates from tens of millions of chemical compounds is expensive and time-consuming. A rapid and user-friendly web server, known as CDRUG, is described here to predict the anticancer activity of chemical compounds. In CDRUG, a hybrid score was developed to measure the similarity of different compounds. The performance analysis shows that CDRUG has the area under curve of 0.878, indicating that CDRUG is effective to distinguish active and inactive compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Drug Discovery*
  • Internet
  • Software*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents