Prospects of Wedelolactone as a Chemotherapeutic Agent in Gynecological Cancers; Clue From its In Vitro and In Silico Investigation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhibition of penicillin binding protein 2A (PBP2A) represents a sound drug design strategy in combatting Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Considering the urgent need for effective antimicrobials in combatting MRSA infections, we have developed a statistically robust ensemble of molecular ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Ogunleye AJ,Eniafe GO,Inyang OK,Adewumi B,Omotuyi OI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gefitinib (lressa) is the most prescribed drug, highly effective to treat nonsmall cell lung cancer; primarily it was considered that targeted therapy is a kinase inhibitor. The nonsmall cell lung cancer is caused by mutation in the Epithelial Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene. Iressa works by blocking the ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Reddy PS,Lokhande KB,Nagar S,Reddy VD,Murthy PS,Swamy KV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Machine Learning is a useful tool for the prediction of cell-penetration compounds as drug candidates. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this study, we developed a novel method for predicting Cell-Penetrating Peptides (CPPs) membrane penetrating capability. For this, we used orthogonal encoding to encode amino aci...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tang J,Ning J,Liu X,Wu B,Hu R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Development of resistance by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has created challenges in the eradication of this deadly infectious disease. Hence newer strategies are adopted to combat this disease and simultaneously new lead/hit identification is going on worldwide to develop new chemotherapeutic a...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Gogoi N,Chetia D,Gogoi B,Das A

更新日期：2019-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy and radiotherapy have negative effects on normal tissues and they are very expensive and lengthy treatments. These disadvantages have recently attracted researchers to the new methods that specifically affect cancerous tissues and have lower damage to normal tissues. One of these methods is the ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Siahmazgi MG,Khalili MAN,Ahmadpour F,Khodadadi S,Zeinoddini M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PMD (p-menthane-3-8-diol) is an insect repellent that can be synthesized chemically or derived from a steam distillate residue of the leaves of lemon eucalyptus, Corymbia citriodora. It is one of the few natural product endorsed by the Center for Disease Control (USA) for topical application to protect against mosquit...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Bhattacharjee AK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of inhibitors specific for one relevant carbonic anhydrase isozyme is the major challenge in the new therapeutic agents development. Comparative computational chemical structure and biological activity relationship studies on a series of carbonic anhydrase II inhibitors, benzenesulfonamide derivatives, bear...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Raškevičius V,Kairys V

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of molecular topology (MT) in the design and selection of new drugs is discussed. After an overview of the different in silico molecular design current technologies, the QSAR analysis is dealt in detail with particular emphasis in the use of topological indices as molecular descriptors. The results of the app...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Gálvez J,García-Doménech R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of multi-drug resistance S. aureus is one of the most challenging tasks for the treatment of nosocomial infections. Proteins and enzymes of peptidoglycan biosynthesis pathway are one among the well-studied targets, but many of the enzymes are unexplored as targets. MurE is one such enzyme feat...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Zaveri K,Kiranmayi P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unconventional Knoevenagel-type indoles have been the topic of interest of many synthetic chemists because of its promising efficacy in different diseases including cancer. OBJECTIVE:To explore the structural requirements of Knoevenagel-type cytotoxic indoles for higher efficacy. METHODS:Multi-QSAR modelin...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Amin SA,Adhikari N,Jha T,Gayen S

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models could provide both statistical significance and useful chemical insights for drug design. The QSAR method has found applications for predicting diverse properties of organic compounds, including antiviral activities, toxicities and biological activit...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Pargolghasemi P,Hoseininezhad-Namin MS,Jadid AP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and molecular graphs have fundamental applications in chemoinformatics, quantitative structureproperty relationships (QSPR), quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR), virtual screening of chemical libraries, and computational drug design. Chemoinformatics applications of graphs include chemical st...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Ivanciuc O

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Euterpe oleracea Martius, popularly known as açaí, is a fruit rich in α-tocopherols, fibers, lipids, mineral ions and polyphenols. It is believed that the high content of polyphenols, specially flavonoids, provides several health-promoting effects to the açaí fruit, including anti-inflammatory, immunomodulat...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： de Oliveira NKS,Almeida MRS,Pontes FMM,Barcelos MP,Silva GM,de Paula da Silva CHT,Cruz RAS,da Silva Hage-Melim LI

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in the process of drug development is to determine those lead compounds that demonstrate significant biological activity with regard to a target protein. Because this process is often costly and time consuming, there is a need to develop efficient methodologies for the generation of lead compounds for p...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Funatsu K,Miyao T,Arakawa M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taking into consideration the high importance of the drug target 5-α-reductase (5αR) in prostate cancer in this work we are going first to review previous works and discuss works related to the computer aided drug design of 5αR inhibitors. We report new results in the in silico screening of natural 5αR inhibitors. Tra...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Jayadeepa RM,Sharma S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM AND OBJECTIVE:Isoflavone phytoestrogens, which commonly present in natural plants, are closely related to human health. The combination of them with estrogen receptors in the body can play a more important role in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and menopausal diseases. This researc...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Wang T,Liu Y,Zhuang X,Luan F,Zhao C

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thiadiazole not only acts as "hydrogen binding domain" and "two-electron donor system" but also as constrained pharmacophore. METHODS:The maleate salt of 2-((2-hydroxy-3-((4-morpholino-1, 2,5-thiadiazol-3-yl) oxy) propyl) amino)- 2-methylpropan-1-ol (TML-Hydroxy)(4) has been synthesized. This methodology in...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Mali SN,Sawant S,Chaudhari HK,Mandewale MC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pakistan possesses a rich and vast source of natural products (NPs). Some of these secondary metabolites have been identified as potent therapeutic agents. However, the medicinal usage of most of these compounds has not yet been fully explored. The discoveries for new scaffolds of NPs as inhibitors of certain enzymes ...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Mirza SB,Bokhari H,Fatmi MQ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to find out the role of auranofin as a promising broad spectrum antibacterial agent. METHODS:In-vitro assays (Percentage growth retardation, Bacterial growth kinetics, Biofilm formation assay) and In-silico study (Molegro virtual docker (MVD) version 6.0 and Molecular operating environment...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Sharma N,Singh A,Sharma R,Kumar A

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper is an attempt for QSAR modeling based on topological, electrostatic, quantum chemical, constitutional, geometrical and physicochemical indices computed from the structures of 59 set of synthesized chalcone derivatives tested for the cell cycle inhibition of mitotic G2/M phase using multiple linear regression...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Nandi S,Bagchi MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mycobacterium tuberculosis has instigated a serious challenge toward the effective treatment of tuberculosis. The reoccurrence of the resistant strains of the disease to accessible drugs/medications has mandate for the development of more effective anti-tubercular agents with efficient activities. Time exp...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Adeniji SE

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of molecular conformation for Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) studies is an important criteria, and the most favourable bioactive conformer selection is a tough task. Correct ligand alignment as input for 3D-QSAR is an important step that is prone to human biases. Multiple-di...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Radhika V,Jaraf HA,Kanth SS,Vijjulatha M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated several biological activities of curcumin with therapeutic potential against Alzheimer's disease, among them the inhibition of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Aiming at identifying the chemical features relevant for this activity, the inhibition of curcumin and a set of 7 deriv...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tello-Franco V,Lozada-García MC,Soriano-García M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular Carcinoma is the most common primary malignant tumor of the liver. Development of multidrug resistance is the main obstacle to the success of anticancer drugs. In this study, designing and docking study of thiosemicarbazide hybrids with amino acids or peptides against hepatocellular carcinoma was perfor...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Chacko S,Samanta S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3D-QSAR selectivity analysis of 53 adamantyl heteroaryl urea derivatives active against M. tuberculosis is reported. These analogs inhibit Mycobacterial Membrane Protein Large 3 (MmpL3), a proposed transporter for cell wall mycolic acids. However, these analogs also exhibit affinity towards human soluble epoxide hyd...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Wadhwa P,Bagchi S,Sharma A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common mechanism of the so-called multidrug resistance (MDR), is mainly associated with an over expression of P-glycoprotein (Pgp). It is an ATP-dependent transport protein that limits the intracellular accumulation of a variety of structurally unrelated compounds within various organs and normal tissues such...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Vázquez RN,Camargo AB,Marchevsky EJ,Luco JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparently paradoxical lack of correlation between the huge increase in the discovery of new potential drug targets made possible by the post-genomic sciences and new drugs development has stimulated many different interpretations. Here we illustrate the general principle of redundancy of biological pathways on ha...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Tun K,Menghini M,D'Andrea L,Dhar P,Tanaka H,Giuliani A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mixed ligand-metal complexes are efficient chelating agents because of flexible donor ability. Mixed ligand complexes containing hetero atoms sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen have been probed for their biological significance. OBJECTIVE:Nine mixed ligand-metal complexes of 2-(butan-2-ylidene) hydrazinecarbothio...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Khan T,Ahmad R,Azad I,Raza S,Joshi S,Khan AR

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of apoptosis by the activation of caspase 3 makes it a promising target for designing anticancer drugs hence an investigation for the essential structural features mandatory for caspase 3 activation has been carried out using a dataset comprising of caspase 3 activator candidate drug Azixa in phase II clinic...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Bhunia SS,Singh S,Saxena S,Saxena AK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) is the cause of the deadly human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) with a case fatality ratio of 10%. OBJECTIVE:Targeting the essential Trypanosomal glucose metabolism pathway through the inhibition of phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAP...

journal_title：Current computer-aided drug design

authors： Ogunleye AJ,Olaolu OS,Ibrahim NB,James AA

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00