%0 Journal Article %T Local intersection volume (LIV) descriptors: 3D-QSAR models for PGI2 receptor ligands %A Martins %A Rita C. A. %A Albuquerque %A Magaly G. %A Alencastro %A Ricardo B. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2002 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532002000600014 %X prostacyclin i2 inhibits platelet aggregation through specific binding to its membrane receptor. in this work, we developed 3d-qsar models for a series of aromatic heterocyclic compounds from literature using the local intersection volume descriptor. the models obtained can be applied to design new pgi2 receptor ligands with potential platelet anti-aggregating activity. %K 3d-qsar %K local intersection volume (liv) %K prostacyclin receptor %K platelet aggregation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532002000600014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en