Francisco Torrens

Prof. Francisco Torrens

Institut Universitari de Ciencia Molecular, Edifici d'Instituts de Paterna, P. O. Box 22085, E-46071 Valencia, Spain
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40Years (1987-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2018 in Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
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LRLucía Redondo-Cuevas
Lucía Redondo-Cuevas
Gloria CastellanoGloria Castellano
Gloria Castellano
Francisco TorrensFrancisco Torrens
Francisco Torrens
Vassilios RaikosVassilios Raikos
Vassilios Raikos

1 February 2005 in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
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Yovani Marrero-PonceYovani Marrero-Ponce
Yovani Marrero-Ponce
JCJuan A. Castillo-Garit
Juan A. Castillo-Garit
EOErvelio Olazabal
Ervelio Olazabal
HSHector S. Serrano
Hector S. Serrano
AMAlcidez Morales
Alcidez Morales
ECEduardo A. Castro
Eduardo A. Castro


1 October 2004 in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
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Yovani Marrero-PonceYovani Marrero-Ponce
Yovani Marrero-Ponce
Humbert G. DíazHumbert G. Díaz
Humbert G. Díaz
VZVicente Romero Zaldivar
Vicente Romero Zaldivar
Francisco TorrensFrancisco Torrens
Francisco Torrens
ECEduardo A. Castro
Eduardo A. Castro

1 April 2005 in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
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Yovani Marrero-PonceYovani Marrero-Ponce
Yovani Marrero-Ponce
RMRicardo Medina-Marrero
Ricardo Medina-Marrero
Francisco TorrensFrancisco Torrens
Francisco Torrens
YMYamile Martinez
Yamile Martinez
VRVicente Romero-Zaldivar
Vicente Romero-Zaldivar
ECEduardo A. Castro
Eduardo A. Castro

31 December 2004 in Molecules
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Yovani Marrero-PonceYovani Marrero-Ponce
Yovani Marrero-Ponce
JCJuan A. Castillo-Garit
Juan A. Castillo-Garit
Francisco TorrensFrancisco Torrens
Francisco Torrens
VZVicente Romero Zaldivar
Vicente Romero Zaldivar
ECEduardo A. Castro
Eduardo A. Castro
In this paper we describe the application in QSPR/QSAR studies of a newgroup of molecular descriptors: atom, atom-type and total linear indices of the molecularpseudograph’s atom adjacency matrix. These novel molecular descriptors were used forthe prediction of boiling point and partition coefficient (log P), specific rate constant (logk), and antibacterial activity of 28 alkyl-alcohols and 34 derivatives of 2-furylethylenes,respectively. For this purpose two quantitative models were obtained to describe thealkyl-alcohols’ boiling points. The first one includes only two total linear indices andshowed a good behavior from a statistical point of view (R2 = 0.984, s = 3.78, F = 748.57,q2 = 0.981, and scv = 3.91). The second one includes four variables [3 global and 1 local(heteroatom) linear indices] and it showed an improvement in the description of physicalproperty (R2 = 0.9934, s = 2.48, F = 871.96, q2 = 0.990, and scv = 2.79). Later, linearmultiple regression analysis was also used to describe log P and log k of the 2-furyl-ethylenes derivatives. These models were statistically significant [(R2 = 0.984, s = 0.143, and F = 113.38) and (R2 = 0.973, s = 0.26 and F = 161.22), respectively] and showed very good stability to data variation in leave-one-out (LOO) cross-validation experiment [(q2 = 0.93.8 and scv = 0.178) and (q2 = 0.948 and scv = 0.33), respectively]. Finally, a linear discriminant model for classifying antibacterial activity of these compounds was also achieved with the use of the atom and atom-type linear indices. The global percent of good classification in training and external test set obtained was of 94.12% and 100.0%, respectively. The comparison with other approaches (connectivity indices, total and local spectral moments, quantum chemical descriptors, topographic indices and E- state/biomolecular encounter parameters) reveals a good behavior of our method. The approach described in this paper appears to be a very promising structural invariant, useful for QSPR/QSAR studies and computer-aided “rational” drug design.