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ÁLVARO CORTÉS CABRERA Y CRISTINA RUEDA PÉREZ AN. R. ACAD. NAC. FARM.
In addition a new method is presented to predict the relative
potency of flavonoids as glucocorticoids receptor agonists, with a
good correlation with in vitro experimental values (R2 = 0.74 and
p = 0.000), and with the advantage of the LIE method, that allows
to include the effects of solvent.
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors thank Dr. Cristóbal Rueda who made helpful sugges-
tions and supported this work.
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