Comparativemolecularfieldanalysis(CoMFA),athreedimensionalquantitativestructure-activityrelationship(3D-QSAR)methodwasappliedtoaseriesofdiindolylmethane(DIM)analogstostudytherelationshipbetweentheirstructureandtheirinductionofCYP1A1-associatedethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase(EROD)activity.ADISCOmodelofpharmacophorewasdervedtoguidethesuperpositionofthecompounds.Thecoefficientofcross-validation(q^2)andnoncross-validation(r^2)forthemodelestablishedbythestudyare0.827and0.988respectively,thevalueofvarianceratio(F)is103.53andstandarderrorestimate(SEE)is0.044.ThesevaluesindicatethattheCoMFAmodelderivedissignificantandmighthaveagoodpredictionforthecatalyticactivityofDIMcompounds.Asaconsequence,thepredictedactivityvaluesofnewdesignedcompoundswereallhigherthanthatofthereportedvalue.
