The transformation of a normal cell into a tumor cell is one of the initial steps in cell cycle deregulation. The cell cycle is regulated by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) that belong to the protein kinase family. CDK2 is an enchanting target for specific genotype tumors since cyclin E is selective for CDK2 and the deregulation of specific cancer types.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBone metabolism involves a complex balance between matrix deposition, mineralization, and resorption. Numerous evidences have revealed that dietary components and phytoconstituents can influence these processes, through inhibition of bone resorption, thus exhibiting beneficial effects on the skeleton. Various traditional herbal formulae in ayurvedic and Chinese medicine have shown demonstrable benefits in pharmacological models of osteoporosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis is known to secrete low molecular mass compounds called siderophores especially under low iron conditions to chelate iron from host environment. Iron is essential for growth and other essential processes to sustain life of the bacterium in the host. Hence targeting siderophore is considered to be an alternative approach to prevent further virulence of bacterium into the host.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDNA gyrase is classified as topoisomerase II, an ATP-dependent enzyme that is vital in the transcription, replication of DNA and chromosome segregation processes. It plays a crucial role in all bacteria except higher eukaryotes and this makes it a desirable and viable therapeutic target for development of new antibacterial agents. Fluoroquinolones are commonly used effective antibacterial agents that target DNA gyrase, however the spectrum of side-effects and emerging bacterial resistance with no new drugs in the antibacterial pipeline has fuelled intensive research in this area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe analogs of N-[4-(piperazin-1-yl)phenyl]cinnamamide were designed and synthesized by molecular hybridization approach in which part C of the designed molecule was linked through amide and carbamate functionality that improves the physicochemical properties and govern the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior. The systematic modification was done around the Part C to explore the structure activity relationship of antitubercular cinnamamide. All 52 compounds were evaluated for its antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTo elucidate the crucial structural features for the HIV-1 integrase inhibitors, a three-dimensional pharmacophore model was developed based on N-methyl pyrimidones, dihydroxypyrimidines, and bicyclic pyrimidinones derivatives using Phase. N-methyl pyrimidone derivative raltegravir, the first US-FDA approved drug by Merck, belongs to this series. The best-fitted common pharmacophore hypothesis was characterized by two acceptor, two hydrophobic, and two ring features having a correlation coefficient of 0.
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