What are molecular descriptors? In order to generate QSAR models, it is necessary to codify in some way the characteristics of the molecules, in order to have the most detailed possible description of these. In other words, it is necessary to translate the molecular structures into numerical values that can be easily understood by computer algorithms, so that they the most relevant characteristics for the studied bioactivity are selected. These characteristics are what we call ‘molecular descriptors’. But what are these molecular descriptors? Several descriptors have been proposed to date, some with a great deal of complexity, in this post we will attempt to mention the simplest and easiest to […]