Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 15, Issue 2, 2015

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are infectious neurodegenerative disorders for which symptomatic, curative, or prophylactic treatments are not available. TSEs arise as a consequence of the conversion of soluble cellular prion protein (PrPC) into the scrapie isoform (PrPSc), which aggregates and accumulates in the central nervous system. Proposed drugs against TSEs range from small organic compounds t Read More

This is a second part of a review under a main title Antiviral medication in sexually transmitted diseases. In the part we published in Mini Rev Med Chem. 2013,13(13):1837-45, we have described mechanisms of action and mechanism of resistance to antiviral agents used in genital herpes and genital HPV infection. The Part II review focuses on therapeutic options in HIV infection. In 1987, 6 years after the recognition of AIDS, th Read More

Diabetes mellitus, including type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (2-DM) are the main threats to human health in the worldwide. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a promising molecular level legitimate therapeutic target in the effective management of 2-DM. For the search of potent PTP1B inhibitors, much investigation has revealed a large number of small-molecule compounds obtained from natural sources or prep Read More

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by persistent inflammation and joint damage. The main aim of RA treatment is to control the disease progress. Despite the success of biologicals like Adalimumab, Atlizumab, infliximab, etc. in treatment of RA, the high cost and associated immunological adverse effects have triggered discovery of small molecules targeting RA. This review describes the last 15 ye Read More

Piperine is a simple alkaloid isolated from the seeds of Piper nigrum. Piperine and its derivatives exhibited a wide range of biological properties such as antitumor activity, antioxidant activity, antiinflammatory activity, antimycobacterial activity, insecticidal activity, etc. Although five excellent reviews have recently been described by Srinivasan in 2007, Mao in 2011, Butt in 2013, and Meghwal in 2013, respectively, their topics Read More

Higher fungi (i.e. macrofungi) do not form a natural taxonomic or ecological group. They are defined as those fungi that produce large, easily observed and collected sporocarps. Most of the higher fungi species are from the phyla Basidiomycota and Ascomycota. These fungi are of particular interest because of their importance as food resource and culture component in many places of the world. Therefore, study o Read More