Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 19, Issue 6, 2023

Excessive and uncontrolled oxidative stress can damage biomacromolecules, such as lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, and DNA, by free radical and oxidant overproduction. In this review, we critically discuss the main properties of free radicals, their implications in oxidative stress, and specific pathological conditions. In clinical medicine, oxidative stress can play a role in several chronic noncommunicable diseases, such as diabe Read More

Cancer is a deadly human disease on the rise due to changes in lifestyle, nutrition, and global warming. Cancer is characterized by uncontrolled, disordered, and undesired cell division. About 60% of cancer medicines approved by the FDA are made from natural ingredients. Intensive efforts over the last decade to better understand the vast chemical diversity provided by marine life have resulted in an intriguing "marine pipel Read More

Background: For years, plant materials collected from members of the family Rutaceae have been the subject of various phytochemical and pharmacological studies. In such works, skimmianine (SM) is a secondary metabolite type furoquinoline alkaloid, which can be seen as a major component available in medicinal plants of the family Rutaceae. Although there have been numerous phytochemical and biological expe Read More

Introduction: Alzheimer’s disease is a multifactorial syndrome, which is not yet fully understood, causing memory loss, dementia, and, ultimately, death. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are the mainstay drugs that are used in disease-symptomatic treatment. In this work, we report a new synthetic route yielding sugar amides as low to moderate acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. Methods: Commercially available diacetone glu Read More

Several chromene derivatives have a wide variety of biological and pharmacological activity. They had anticancer activity, antimicrobial activity, antituberculosis activity, anticonvulsant activity, antidiabetic activity, antichlolinesterase activity, and inhibitor of monoamine oxidase activity. The above-mentioned activities directed us to synthesize novel chromene derivatives, chromeno[2,3-d][1,3]oxazines, and chromeno[2,3-d]p Read More

Some species of Marine bacteria pose great risks to human and mariculture organisms. Meanwhile, Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains have acquired resistance to many antibiotics. Objective: A novel series of erythromycin 9-acylhydrazone derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activity against marine pathogens. Methods: The site-selective N-acylation of erythromycin hydr Read More

Introduction: The nuclear transcription factor PPARγ, which can modulate cell growth via proliferation and apoptosis-related mechanisms, is a promising target in cancer therapy. This study aims to focus on PPARγ as the target and use virtual screening to find hits. Methods: A set of 5,677 flavonoid compounds were filtered by subjecting them to descriptor-based drug-likeness and ADMET strategies to discover drug-like com Read More