Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 15, Issue 9, 2015

This review covers the 2003-2012 literature data published for natural products originating from marine red algae. The focus is on new antitumour substances, together with details related to the organism sourced. It emphasises 14 promising compounds (isolated from 13 species) whose chemical structures are briefly discussed.

Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) is an established and validated target for the treatment of cancer. It has been attempted to present a comprehensive review on the inhibitors for Class-I Histone Deacetylase enzyme family, reported during the period from 2002 to 2012. This review has summarized the inhibitors, based on their specificity towards different isoforms within this class. Further various recent United State (US) patents and Read More

Polymer drug conjugates play an important role in the delivery of drugs. In the polymeric drug conjugates, the bioactive agent is combined covalently with polymer to achieve the efficient delivery of bioactive agents in the required or specific period of time along with the enhancement of permeability and retention time. A large number of biodegradable polymers have been widely used in the area of biomedical science. Read More

The chemistry of 1,3,4-thiadiazoles is very well known. A universal and commonly used method of the synthesis of different 2,5-disubstituted 1,3,4-thiadiazoles includes the cyclization of appropriate linear organic derivatives. They are widely known as compounds with various kinds of biological activities showing anticancer properties against human cancers and acting as diuretic, antibacterial, antifungal, antitubercular and leish Read More

Oxidative stress plays an important role in both initiation and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer and Parkinson. Therefore, much attention has been paid to antioxidants for developing therapeutic strategies for the neurodegenerative diseases. However, as serious adverse effects are related to synthetic antioxidants, recent research has been focused on natural products especially phenolic Read More

Nowadays, heterocyclic compounds which have a nitrogen atom on the structure, such as pharmacological products, pesticides and antimicrobials can be demonstrated by biologically-active groups that serve the pharmaceutical industry and they are still important in this field. Various cyclization reactions form the basis of the literature on the syntheses of heterocyclic compounds. NArylpiperazines are a class of hetero Read More