2025 年 56 巻 5 号 p. 408-416
In the present study, we used quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models to predict the binding affinities of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) analogues for cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1). In the THC analogues study, the QSAR model was constructed based on 10 THC analogues with known CB1 affinity (as Ki values). Using this QSAR model, we predicted the CB1 binding affinity of four Δ9-THC analogues and one Δ8-THC analogue. In the subsequent study of HHC analogues, a QSAR model was constructed using 14 THC analogues with known CB1 affinity, and then the activity of six HHC analogues was predicted. These results were used for comprehensive regulation of THC and HHC analogues in 2023.