Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 17, Issue 6, 2021

Background: The inflammatory process is one of the mechanisms by which our body upholds us from pathogens such as parasites, bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microorganisms. Inflammatory stimuli activate many intracellular signaling pathways such as the nuclear factor-kB (NF-kB) pathway and three mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways, which are mediated through extracellular-signal regulated ki Read More

Background: Lawsonia inermis Linn popularly known as Henna, plays an important role in ayurvedic or natural herbal medicines. The presence of phytoconstituents in henna, that may affect the animal or human health adversely, needs to be elucidated for L. inermis Linn species grown in India. Introduction: The aim of this research was to perform phytochemical screening, and study cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory acti Read More

Background: Cervical cancer is a major public health issue worldwide, occurring in the vast majority of cases (85%) in low-income countries. Human papillomavirus (HPV) mainly infects the mucosal epithelium, and a small portion causes over 600,000 cases every year worldwide at various anatomical spots, mainly leading to anogenital and head and neck. Introduction: The E6 oncoprotein encoded by cancer-associated alph Read More

Background: Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) represent an important class of heterocyclic compounds that have versatile biological activities, including anticancer activity. Glioma is one of the most common primary brain tumors, and it is responsible for most of the deaths caused by primary brain tumors. In the present work, 2,4-thiazolidinediones were synthesized via a multicomponent microwave one-pot procedure. The cytotoxic Read More

Background: Owing to its potential to interfere in microtubule dynamics in the mitotic phase of cell cycle and selectively induce apoptosis in cancer cells without affecting normal cells, noscapine and its synthetic analogues have been investigated by other research groups in different cell lines for their capability to be used as anti-cancer agents. Objective: The present study is focused on the investigation of the mode of binding of Read More

Background: Microglia are associated with neuroinflammation, which play a key role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. It has been reported that some quinazolines and quinazolinones possess anti-inflammatory properties. However, the pharmacological properties of certain quinazoline derivatives are still unknown. Objective: The antioxidant, cytotoxic, and protective effects of a series of synthesized 2 Read More

Background: Near to 5-7 million people are infected with T. cruzi in the world, and about 10,000 people per year die of problems associated with this disease. Methods: Herein, the synthesis, antitrypanosomal and antimycobacterial activities of seventeen coumarinic N-acylhydrazonic derivatives have been reported. Results: These compounds were synthesized using methodology with reactions global yields ranging fro Read More

Objective: It was interesting to synthesize some new 5-imino-4-thioxoimidazolidin-2- one derivatives with different halogenated and alkylated aromatic substituents at N-(1) and N-(3) and evaluation of their expected antibacterial and antifungal activities. Methods: New 5-imino-4-thioxoimidazolidin-2-one derivatives were synthesized through the reaction of different halogenated and alkylated N-arylcyanothioforma Read More

Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the autosomal recessive disorder most common in Caucasian populations. It is caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator protein (CFTR). CFTR is predominantly expressed at the apical plasma membranes of the epithelial cells lining several organs, and functions as a cAMP-regulated chloride/bicarbonate channel. To address the underlying causes of cystic fibrosis, two Read More

Background: As a target for anticancer treatment, aminopeptidase N (APN) shows its overexpression on diverse malignant tumor cells and associates with cancer invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. Objective: The objective of the study was the design, synthesis and biological activity evaluation of alanine hydroxamic acid derivatives as APN inhibitors, and investigation of the binding mode of inhibitors in the APN active Read More

Background: Quinoline derivatives have been attracted much attention in drug discovery, and synthetic derivatives of these scaffolds present a range of pharmacological activities. Therefore, organoselenium compounds are valuable scaffolds in organic synthesis because of their pharmacological activities and their use as versatile building blocks for regio-, chemo-and stereoselective reactions. Thus, the synthesis Read More