Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 2021, 11, 966-984
https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojapps
ISSN Online: 2165-3925
ISSN Print: 2165-3917
Biological Activity Relationship of Cyclic and
Noncyclic Alkanes Using Quantum Molecular
Descriptors
Ahmad Nazib Alias
*
, Zubainun Mohamed Zabidi, Nurul Aimi Zakaria, Zaidatul Salwa Mahmud,
Rosliza Ali
Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Perak, Tapah Road, Malaysia
Abstract
A 3-Dimension-Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (3D-QSAR
1
) ap-
proach is applied for the prediction of accurate chemical products made from
biological activity and toxicity. Quantum chemical technique allows the con-
struction of the molecular descriptors. The molecular quantum descriptors
are classified into five principal component factors. Various linear regression
equations are obtained using the statistical technique. In this study, the re-
searchers propose the three best regression equations based on quantum mo-
lecular descriptors discussed earlier in this study. The observed EC50 vs cal-
culated EC50 is plotted using the best fitting with the quantum descriptors.
Keywords
3D-QSAR, Quantum Molecular Descriptor, Biological Activity, Toxicology
1. Introduction
Industrial advancement has resulted in the use of large amounts of chemicals
entering the human life cycle. According to the American Chemistry Council 2020,
the business of chemistry is a large user of natural gas and petroleum products
[1]. The petroleum products include the saturated hydrocarbons or alkanes. The
saturated hydrocarbon falls into a large n-linear, branch, and cyclic alkanes. The
physical phase alkane series consists of gases (methane, ethane, propane, and
butanes), liquid phase from pentanes to hexadecane, and longer chain solids.
1
QSAR is a mathematical modelling that using the machine learning as a tool in the modelling de-
velopment.
How to cite this paper: Alias, A.N., Zabidi,
Z.M., Zakaria, N.A., Mahmud, Z.S. and Ali,
R. (2021) Biological Activity Relationship
of Cyclic and Noncyclic Alkanes Using
Quantum Molecular Descriptors. Open
Journal of Applied Sciences, 11, 966-984.
https://doi.org/10.4236/ojapps.2021.118070
Received: July 17, 2021
Accepted: August 28, 2021
Published: August 31, 2021
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DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2021.118070 Aug. 31, 2021 966 Open Journal of Applied Sciences