Publications by authors named "Marwa A Saleh"

Herein, a series of new isatin derivatives was designed and synthesized (-) as broad-spectrum antiviral agents. Consequently, the antiviral activities of the synthesized compounds (-) were pursued against three viruses, namely influenza virus (H1N1), herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), and coxsackievirus B3 (COX-B3). In particular, compounds , , and displayed the highest antiviral activity against H1N1, HSV-1, and COX-B3 with IC values of 0.

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Background: Health authorities have struggled to increase vaccination uptake since the COVID-19 vaccines became available. However, there have been increasing concerns about declining immunity after the initial COVID-19 vaccination with the emergence of new variants. Booster doses were implemented as a complementary policy to increase protection against COVID-19.

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Research on the use of biodegradable polymers for drug delivery has been ongoing since they were first used as bioresorbable surgical devices in the 1980s. For tissue engineering and drug delivery, biodegradable polymer poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) has shown enormous promise among all biomaterials. PLGA are a family of FDA-approved biodegradable polymers that are physically strong and highly biocompatible and have been extensively studied as delivery vehicles of drugs, proteins, and macromolecules such as DNA and RNA.

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the critical challenges that have been encountered over the past years. On the other hand, bacterial DNA gyrase is regarded as one of the most outstanding biological targets that quinolones can extensively inhibit, improving AMR. Hence, a novel series of 3-(7-nitro-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2-yl)propanehydrazide derivatives (3-6j) were designed and synthesized employing the quinoxaline-2-one scaffold and relying on the pharmacophoric features experienced by the quinolone antibiotic; ciprofloxacin.

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Six compounds namely, tanshinone IIA (1), carnosic acid (2), rosmarinic acid (3), salvianolic acid B (4), baicalein (5), and glycyrrhetinic acid (6) were screened for their anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities against both the spike (S) and main protease (Mpro) receptors using molecular docking studies. Molecular docking recommended the superior affinities of both salvianolic acid B (4) and glycyrrhetinic acid (6) as the common results from the previously published computational articles. On the other hand, their actual anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities were tested using plaque reduction assay to calculate their IC values after measuring their CC values using MTT assay on Vero E6 cells.

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Herein, a series of -benzylidene-3,4-dimethoxybenzohydrazide derivatives were designed and synthesised to target the multidrug efflux pump (MATE). The antibacterial activities were screened against , , , , and , whereas their antifungal activities were screened against . Compounds , , and showed the most promising antibacterial and antifungal activities.

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In the current work, some 1,3,4-oxadiazole-naphthalene hybrids were designed and synthesised as VEGFR-2 inhibitors. The synthesised compounds were evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against two human cancer cell lines namely, HepG-2 and MCF-7. Compounds that exhibited promising cytotoxicity (, , , , , and ) were further evaluated for their VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities.

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Targeting the epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFRs) with small inhibitor molecules has been validated as a potential therapeutic strategy in cancer therapy. Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine is a versatile scaffold that has been exploited for developing potential anticancer agents. On the basis of fragment-based drug discovery, considering the essential pharmacophoric features of potent EGFR tyrosine kinase (TK) inhibitors, herein, we report the design and synthesis of new hybrid molecules of the pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine scaffold linked with diverse pharmacophoric fragments with reported anticancer potential.

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Infectious diseases of bacteria and fungi have become a major risk to public health because of antibiotic and antifungal resistance. However, the availability of effective antibacterial and antifungal agents is becoming increasingly limited with growing resistance to existing drugs. In response to that, novel agents are critically needed to overcome such resistance.

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