Over activation of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase has been involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases including stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes, shock, neurodegenerative disorder, allergy, and several other inflammatory processes.Owing to the dual response of PARP-1 to DNA damage and its involvement in cell death, pharmacol. modulation of PARP-1 activity may constitute a useful tool to increase the activity of DNA-binding antitumor drugs.Quant. structure activity relationship (QSAR) study vis-a-vis physico-chem. parameters and forward feed neural network anal. for a series of phthalazinone derivatives as potent inhibitors of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase was performed.The result of QSAR studies obtained allows us to recognize such physico-chem. parameters of phthalazinone derivatives which can be strictly related to the PARP-1 inhibitory activity.