Recent advances in research of natural and synthetic bioactive quinolines.

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial syndrome, for which effective cures are urgently needed. Seeking for enhanced therapeutic efficacy, multitarget drugs have been increasingly sought after over the last decades. They offer the attractive prospect of tackling intricate network effects, but with the benefits of a s...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Rosini M,Simoni E,Caporaso R,Minarini A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and neurodegenerative disorder of the CNS, affecting elderly people. The current pharmacological approach is based on the improvement of cholinergic neurotransmission by inhibiting acetylcholinesterase (AChE) with AChE inhibitors. The disease is also characterized by the acceler...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： de Almeida JR,Figueiro M,Almeida WP,de Paula da Silva CHT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hypertension is associated with development of cardiovascular disease and has become a significant health problem worldwide. Naturally-derived antihypertensive peptides have emerged as promising alternatives to synthetic drugs. MATERIALS & METHODS:This study introduces predictor of antihypertensive activity of pep...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Win TS,Schaduangrat N,Prachayasittikul V,Nantasenamat C,Shoombuatong W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The finding of promising drugs represents a huge challenge in cancer therapeutics, therefore it is important to seek out novel approaches and elucidate essential cellular processes in order to identify potential drug targets. Studies on DNA repair pathway suggested that an enzyme, PARP, which plays a significant role ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kumar C,Rani N,Velan Lakshmi PT,Arunachalam A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New Delhi Metallo β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a member of the Metallo-β-lactamase family, capable of catalyzing the hydrolysis of all β-lactam antibiotics. The rapid dissemination of NDM producers, 'superbugs', has become a worldwide concern to health workers. Seventeen different variants of NDM have been reported so far...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Khan S,Ali A,Khan AU

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetic treatment strategy targets the drug molecule itself, aiming to reduce drug concentration at the site of action, thereby minimizing any pharmacodynamic effect. This approach might be useful in the treatment of acute drug toxicity/overdose and in the long-term treatment of addiction. Phase IIa contro...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Gorelick DA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Triterpenes are natural compounds, whose wide biological activity predestines them for application as promising new chemotherapeutics. In this paper, we report the results of our investigations into the substitution of oleanolic acid with aromatic and nitroaromatic moieties acting as bioreducing agents. RESULTS:Th...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Bednarczyk-Cwynar B,Ruszkowski P,Jarosz T,Krukiewicz K

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compound class of 3-carboranyl thymidine analogues (3CTAs) are boron delivery agents for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a binary treatment modality for cancer. Presumably, these compounds accumulate selectively in tumor cells via intracellular trapping, which is mediated by hTK1. Favorable in vivo biodistri...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Khalil A,Ishita K,Ali T,Tjarks W

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The assumption in scaffold hopping is that changing the scaffold does not change the binding mode and the same structure-activity relationships (SARs) are seen for substituents decorating each scaffold. Results/methodology: We present the use of matched series analysis, an extension of matched molecular pair analys...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hunt P,Segall M,O'Boyle N,Sayle R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to be themajor cause of dementia among the elderly. The structural properties and binding interactions of the AD drug physostigmine (-)-phy, and its analogues (-)-hex and (-)-phe and (+)-phe, were examined, as well as their impact on the conformational changes of two different AD...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Adeniyi AA,Conradie J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi with novel mechanisms of action are urgently required to diversify the current clinical and preclinical pipelines. Increasing the number and diversity of hits available for assessment at the beginning of the discovery process will help to achieve this aim. RESULTS:We report t...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Keenan M,Alexander PW,Chaplin JH,Abbott MJ,Diao H,Wang Z,Best WM,Perez CJ,Cornwall SM,Keatley SK,Thompson RC,Charman SA,White KL,Ryan E,Chen G,Ioset JR,von Geldern TW,Chatelain E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Research of the antitumor properties of biscationic compounds has received significant attention over the last few years. RESULTS:A novel family of 1,1'-([2,2'-bipyridine]-5,5'-diylbis(methylene))bis-substituted bromide (9a-k), containing two nitrogen atoms in the linker, considered as hypothetical hydrogen bond a...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Castro-Navas FF,Schiaffino-Ortega S,Carrasco-Jimenez MP,Ríos-Marco P,Marco C,Espinosa A,Gallo MA,Mariotto E,Basso G,Viola G,Entrena-Guadix A,López-Cara LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: The orphan drug auranofin was recently found to exhibit antimicrobial properties. Materials & methods: We explored the efficacy of auranofin by evaluating the minimal inhibitory concentration against a collection of over 500 clinical isolates derived from multiple institutions, inclusive of drug resistant strains...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Tharmalingam N,Ribeiro NQ,da Silva DL,Naik MT,Cruz LI,Kim W,Shen S,Dos Santos JD,Ezikovich K,D'Agata EM,Mylonakis E,Fuchs BB

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camellia oleifera Abel is a member of Camellia, and its seeds are used to extract Camellia oil, which is generally used as cooking oil in the south of China. Camellia oil consists of unsaturated fatty acids, tea polyphenol, squalene, saponin, carrot element and vitamins, etc. The seed remains after oil extraction of C...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Xiao X,He L,Chen Y,Wu L,Wang L,Liu Z

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Confirm the use of Plectanthus spp. plants in traditional medicine, particularly as anti-inflammatory and anti-infective agents. MATERIALS & METHODS:Compounds previously isolated from Plectranthus spp. were studied for their anti-inflammatory activity using the SNAP assay and RAW 264.7 cells, by the quantification...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Andrade JM,Custódio L,Romagnoli A,Reis CP,Rodrigues MJ,Garcia C,Petruccioli E,Goletti D,Faustino C,Fimia GM,Rijo P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic receptors are membrane proteins involved in several physiological processes. They are considered suitable drug targets for various CNS disorders or conditions, as shown by the large number of compounds which have entered clinical trials. In recent years, nonconventional agonists have been discovered: positiv...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Manetti D,Bellucci C,Chiaramonte N,Dei S,Teodori E,Romanelli MN

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum-based anticancer agents have been widely used in the clinic to successfully treat many different types of cancer. However, the therapeutic efficacy of platinum drugs is limited by serious side effects and the occurrence of inherent or acquired resistance of tumor cells. Nanoparticulate drug-delivery systems h...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Bryde S,de Kroon AI

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a major devastating disease, and is a leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the progress in cancer treatment, cancer mortality rate remains high. Therefore, the discovery and development of improved anticancer drugs to treat cancer are needed. 4H-chromenes have strong cytotoxicity against a panel of huma...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Patil SA,Patil R,Pfeffer LM,Miller DD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive dysfunction of motor neurons of the anterior horn of the spinal cord. SMA is caused by the loss of full-length protein expression from the survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene. The disease has a unique genetic profile...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Cherry JJ,Androphy EJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VEGF is an important signaling protein involved in both vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. As an essential receptor protein tyrosine kinase propagating cellular signal transduction processes, VEGFR-2 is a central target for drug discovery against tumor-associated angiogenesis. Since the autophosphorylation of VEGFR-2 re...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Huang L,Huang Z,Bai Z,Xie R,Sun L,Lin K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The pharmacotherapy of inflammatory bowel disease is difficult and currently available treatments bring mostly poor and unsatisfactory results. RESULTS:The purpose of this work was the synthesis of opiorphin, sialorphin, spinorphin and a series of their analogs and the in vitro characterization of their effect on ...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kamysz E,Sałaga M,Sobocińska M,Giełdoń A,Fichna J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Angiotensin II receptor blockers were designed as therapeutic agents to block the binding site of the angiotensin II receptor type 1 (AT1R). Methodology: The structure of telmisartan was modified by coordination to the biometal Zn(II), resulting in the compound ZnTelm. Its antihypertensive activity and cel...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Martínez VR,Aguirre MV,Todaro JS,Lima AM,Stergiopulos N,Ferrer EG,Williams PA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim: Eight coumarin derivatives (1a-h) obtained from natural (-)-mammea A/BB (1) and 13 synthetic coumarins (2-14) had their cytotoxicity and biological activity evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv reference strain and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates. Materials & methods: Anti-M. tuberculosis acti...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pires CT,Scodro RB,Cortez DA,Brenzan MA,Siqueira VL,Caleffi-Ferracioli KR,Vieira LC,Monteiro JL,Corrêa AG,Cardoso RF

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and its receptors, LPA1-6, are integral parts of signaling pathways involved in cellular proliferation, migration and survival. These signaling pathways are of therapeutic interest for the treatment of multiple types of cancer and to reduce cancer metastasis and side effects. Validated ther...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Parrill AL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the goal of refining our discovery DMPK workflow, we conducted a retrospective analysis on internal Celgene compounds by calculating the physicochemical properties and gathering data from several assays including solubility, rat and human liver S9 stability, Caco-2 permeability, and rat intravenous (iv.) and oral...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Kulkarni A,Riggs J,Phan C,Bai A,Calabrese A,Shi T,Moghaddam MF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer, still in the limelight due to its dreadful nature, shows overexpression of multiple signaling macromolecules leading to failure of many chemotherapeutic agents and acquired resistance to chemotherapy. These factors highlight the significance of shifting toward targeted therapy in cancer research. Recently, ERK...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Pathania S,Rawal RK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Antibiotic resistance has become a major health problem. The σ(70):core interface of bacterial RNA polymerase is a promising drug target. Recently, the coiled-coil and lid-rudder-system of the β' subunit has been identified as an inhibition hot spot. Materials & methods & Results: By using surface plasmon resonance...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Hüsecken K,Hinsberger S,Elgaher WA,Haupenthal J,Hartmann RW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the basic milestones of the research of 5-azacytosine nucleosides chronologically from their discovery and anticancer activity identification, through to subsequent unveiling of their mechanism of action based on DNA hypomethylation and tumor-suppressor gene reactivation, to the final US FDA app...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Krečmerová M,Otmar M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responsive optical probes play a vital role in following and understanding biological events. In this review, we focus on the use of lanthanide complexes as molecular probes, as they offer many advantages in imaging and assays, particularly when used in time-gated protocols. We describe systems that illustrate the key...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Allain C,Faulkner S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:4'-seleno-homonucleosides were synthesized as next-generation nucleosides, and their cellular phosphorylation was studied to confirm the hypothesis that bulky selenium atom can sterically hinder the approach of cellular nucleoside kinase to the 5'-OH for phosphorylation. RESULTS:4'-seleno-homonucleosides (n...

journal_title：Future medicinal chemistry

authors： Yu J,Sahu PK,Kim G,Qu S,Choi Y,Song J,Lee SK,Noh M,Park S,Jeong LS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00