Table 2 Spearman correlation analysis for molecule fragments ESP descriptors and antibody binding ability (expressed by IC50 values).

From: Substructure-activity relationship studies on antibody recognition for phenylurea compounds using competitive immunoassay and computational chemistry

Group

Method

S

S +

S

P

I

A

Va

Va +

Va

B

R1

Spearman Correlation

−0.667

0.943**

−0.943**

0.943**

0.314

0.943**

0.314

0.943**

−0.2

0.841*

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.148

0.005

0.005

0.005

0.544

0.005

0.544

0.005

0.704

0.036

R2

Spearman Correlation

0.143

−0.029

0.086

0.314

0.174

−0.029

−0.143

−0.086

0.086

0.600

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.787

0.9572

0.872

0.544

0.742

0.957

0.787

0.872

0.872

0.208

R3

Spearman Correlation

0.257

−0.086

0.671

0.872

0.714

−0.257

0.754

0.257

0.872

0.621

Sig. (2-tailed)

0.623

0.872

0.215

0.0539

0.111

0.623

0.084

0.623

0.054

0.188

  1. **Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (2-tailed). *Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tailed).