Chemo informatics: Newer Approach for Drug Development

Chemo informatics is a scientific discipline that has evolved in the last 40 years at the interface between chemistry and computer science. It has been realized that in many areas of chemistry, the huge amount of data and information produced by chemical research can only be processed and analyzed by computer methods. Furthermore, many of the problems faced in chemistry are so complex that novel approaches utilizing solutions that are based on informatics methods are needed. Thus, methods were developed for building databases on chemical compounds and reactions, for the prediction of physical, chemical and biological properties of compounds and materials, for drug design, for structure elucidation, for the prediction of chemical reactions and for the design of organic syntheses.