The present investigation reports the efficient multistep synthesis of 1-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-3-aryl urea analogs (-) in good yields. All the 1-(1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)-3-aryl urea analogs (-) were characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Five among the six compounds were tested against 56 cancer cell lines at 10 µM as per the standard protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Two significant families of compounds i.e. 1,3,4-oxadiazole and benzimidazole, have undergone extensive investigation into their pharmacological characteristics and possible therapeutic applications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Piperine is a natural compound found in black pepper that has been traditionally used for various therapeutic purposes. In the ayurvedic system of medication there is a lot of evidence which shows that the piperine is widely used for different therapeutic purpose. In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the pharmacological and therapeutic potential of piperine and its derivatives in modern medicine.
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August 2023
In continuance of our investigation into the anticancer activity of oxadiazoles, we report here the preparation of 10 new 1,3,4-oxadiazole analogues using the scaffold hopping technique. We have prepared the oxadiazoles having a common pharmacophoric structure (oxadiazole linked aryl nucleus) as seen in the reported anticancer agents IMC-038525 (tubulin inhibitor), IMC-094332 (tubulin inhibitor), and FATB (isosteric replacement of the S of thiadiazole with the O of oxadiazole). All of the oxadiazole analogues were predicted for their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) profiles and toxicity studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuinoline has recently become an important heterocyclic molecule due to its numerous industrial and synthetic organic chemistry applications. Quinoline derivatives have been used in clinical trials for a variety of medical conditions that causes cancer. The present literature study is composed of recent progress (mainly from 2010 to the present) in the production of novel quinoline derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents, as well as their structure-activity relationship, which will provide insight into the development of more active quinoline hybrids in the future.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhospholipase A2 (PLA2) promotes inflammation via lipid mediators and releases arachidonic acid (AA), and these enzymes have been found to be elevated in a variety of diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, and atherosclerosis. The mobilization of AA by PLA2 and subsequent synthesis of prostaglandins are regarded as critical events in inflammation. Inflammatory processes may be treated with drugs that inhibit PLA2, thereby blocking the COX and LOX pathways in the AA cascade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the presented manuscript, a new series of 2-[4-methoxy-3-(5-substituted phenyl-[1,3,4]oxadiazol-2-ylmethoxy)-phenyl]-benzothiazoles () have been synthesized and studied and for their anticonvulsant potential. Maximum electroshocks (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazol (scPTZ) models have been used for anticonvulsant activity. Auto Dock 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOne of the leading causes of death worldwide is cancer, which poses substantial risks to both society and an individual's life. Cancer therapy is still challenging, despite developments in the field and continued research into cancer prevention. The search for novel anticancer active agents with a broader cytotoxicity range is therefore continuously ongoing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith 19.3 million new cases and almost 10 million deaths in 2020, cancer has become a leading cause of death today. Curcumin and its analogues were found to have promising anticancer activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPyrazolines are a significant class of heterocyclic compounds with essential biological activities. They are quite stable, which has inspired medicinal chemists to experiment with the ring's structure in many different ways to create a variety of pharmacological activities. The structures of numerous commercially available therapeutic agents contain a pyrazoline ring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNatural products (NPs) continue to provide a structural template for the design of novel therapeutic agents and expedite the drug discovery process. The majority of FDA-approved pharmaceuticals used in medical practice can be traced back to natural sources, and NPs play a significant role in drug development. Curcumin, one of the most well-studied chemicals among the NPs, is currently the subject of intense investigation for its biological effects, including the prevention and treatment of cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInotropic agents are generally recommended to use in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) concurrent to end-organ dysfunction. However, due to certain pharmacological limitations like developing life threatening arrhythmia and tolerance, cannot be employed as much as needed. Meanwhile, Calcium ion (Ca) sensitisers exhibits their inotropic action by increasing the sensitivity of the cardiomyocyte to intracellular Ca ion and have been reported as emerging therapeutic alternative in HF cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarbonic anhydrases (CA) inhibitory action could be linked to the treatment of a number of ailments, including cancer, osteoporosis, glaucoma, and several neurological problems. For the development of effective CA inhibitors, a variety of heterocyclic rings have been investigated. Furthermore, at high altitudes, oxygen pressure drops, resulting in the formation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and CA inhibitors having role in combating this oxidative stress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFor decades, carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors, most notably the acetazolamide-bearing 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety, have been exploited at high altitudes to alleviate acute mountain sickness, a syndrome of symptomatic sensitivity to the altitude characterized by nausea, lethargy, headache, anorexia, and inadequate sleep. Therefore, inhibition of CA may be a promising therapeutic strategy for high-altitude disorders. In this study, co-crystallized inhibitors with 1,3,4-thiadiazole, 1,3-benzothiazole, and 1,2,5-oxadiazole scaffolds were employed for pharmacophore-based virtual screening of the ZINC database, followed by molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies against CA to find possible ligands that may emerge as promising inhibitors.
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September 2022
Herbal medicines are being used by humans since the oldest civilizations and have been an integral part of traditional and alternative medicines. In recent times, pharmaceutical and biomedical scientists are taking interest in developing nutraceutical-based medicines to overcome the side effects and adverse drug reactions caused by allopathic medicines. Nutraceuticals have started occupying the global market.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe reported herein an efficient, environmentally friendly synthesis of hydrazine carboxamides () in a water-glycerol (6:4) solvent system using ultrasonic irradiation. Ultrasonicated reactions were found to be much faster and more productive than conventional synthesis. The prepared compounds () were tested against nine panels of 60 cancer cell lines according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI US) protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present in-silico study, various computational techniques were applied to determine potent compounds against TRAP1 kinase. The pharmacophore hypothesis DHHRR_1 consists of important features required for activity. The 3D QSAR study showed a statistically significant model with R = 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMorusflavone, a flavonoid from L., was evaluated for its interactive ability and stability with CYP17A1, in comparison with abiraterone, which is a Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved CYP17A1 inhibitor. CYP17A1 inhibition is an important therapeutic target for prostate cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrently, black pepper commands the leading position among all the spices as a spice of great commercial importance in all the world trade and finds its way into the dietary habits of millions of people worldwide. Black pepper is biologically known as Piper nigrum and contains piperine as the main active chemical constituent. This paper highlights various general methods for extracting piperine from the crude drug such as maceration extraction, hydrotropic extraction, accelerated solvent extraction, thin-layer chromatography, and extraction with ethanol & dichloromethane Ionic fluid-based ultrasonic-assisted extraction, etc.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCancer is the world's second leading cause of death, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths and 19.3 million new cases in 2020. Curcumin analogs are gaining popularity as anticancer agents currently.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis review provides the feasible literature on drug discovery through ML tools and techniques that are enforced in every phase of drug development to accelerate the research process and deduce the risk and expenditure in clinical trials. Machine learning techniques improve the decision-making in pharmaceutical data across various applications like QSAR analysis, hit discoveries, de novo drug architectures to retrieve accurate outcomes. Target validation, prognostic biomarkers, digital pathology are considered under problem statements in this review.
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