Research Article

Discovery of Potential Inhibitors of Aldosterone Synthase from Chinese Herbs Using Pharmacophore Modeling, Molecular Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies

Table 1

The validation results of the pharmacophore models.

HypoFeatureRankHaHtHRAIEICAI

1RHHA Ev5146.0417128471193100.00%1.471.47
2RHHA Ev5139.0687128471195100.00%1.461.46
3RHHA Ev5139.0687128471202100.00%1.411.41
4HHAA Ev5138.8827128471190100.00%1.501.50
5HHAA Ev5135.055712846917597.18%1.581.53
6RHHA Ev5133.3287128471205100.00%1.391.39
7RHHA Ev5132.828712846815595.77%1.751.68
8RHHA Ev5131.7327128471210100.00%1.351.35
9HHAA Ev5127.370712846813995.77%1.961.87
10RHHA Ev5125.7687128471164100.00%1.731.73

is the number of active compounds in the test set. is the total number of compounds in test set. Ha is the number of active hits using pharmacophore to search. Ht is the number of hits using pharmacophore to search. HRA indicates the capability to recognize active molecules from the test set. IEI indicates the capability to recognize active molecules from nonactive molecules. CAI is the comprehensive appraisal index.