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Introduction to the BioChemical Library (BCL): An Application-Based Open-Source Toolkit for Integrated Cheminformatics and Machine Learning in Computer-Aided Drug Discovery

The BioChemical Library (BCL) cheminformatics toolkit is an application-based academic
open-source software package designed to integrate traditional small molecule
cheminformatics tools with machine learning-based quantitative structure-activity/
property relationship (QSAR/QSPR) modeling. In this pedagogical article we provide a
detailed introduction to core BCL cheminformatics functionality, showing how traditional
tasks (e.g., computing chemical properties, estimating druglikeness) can be readily
combined with machine learning. In addition, we have included multiple examples
covering areas of advanced use, such as reaction-based library design. We anticipate
that this manuscript will be a valuable resource for researchers in computer-aided drug
discovery looking to integrate modular cheminformatics and machine learning tools into
their pipelines.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:84559
Date04 April 2023
CreatorsBrown, Benjamin P., Vu, Oanh, Geanes, Alexander R., Kothiwale, Sandeepkumar, Butkiewicz, Mariusz, Lowe Jr., Edward W., Mueller, Ralf, Pape, Richard, Mendenhall, Jeffrey, Meiler, Jens
PublisherFrontiers Research Foundation
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Relation1663-9812, 833099

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