Key topics in molecular docking for drug design

PHM Torres, ACR Sodero, P Jofily… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Molecular docking has been widely employed as a fast and inexpensive technique in the
past decades, both in academic and industrial settings. Although this discipline has now had …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

Recent development of multifunctional agents as potential drug candidates for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

N Guzior, A Wieckowska, D Panek… - Current medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The
available therapy is limited to the symptomatic treatment and its efficacy remains …

A comprehensive review of cholinesterase modeling and simulation

D De Boer, N Nguyen, J Mao, J Moore, EJ Sorin - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present article reviews published efforts to study acetylcholinesterase and
butyrylcholinesterase structure and function using computer-based modeling and simulation …

Structural and Molecular Insight into Piperazine and Piperidine Derivatives as Histamine H3 and Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonists with Promising Antinociceptive …

K Szczepańska, S Podlewska, M Dichiara… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In an attempt to extend recent studies showing that some clinically evaluated histamine H3
receptor (H3R) antagonists possess nanomolar affinity at sigma-1 receptors (σ1R), we …

Discovery of highly selective and nanomolar carbamate-based butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors by rational investigation into their inhibition mode

E Sawatzky, S Wehle, B Kling, J Wendrich… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is a promising target for the treatment of later stage cognitive
decline in Alzheimer's disease. A set of pseudo-irreversible BChE inhibitors with high …

Structure–activity relationships and computational investigations into the development of potent and balanced dual-acting butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors and human …

D Dolles, M Hoffmann, S Gunesch… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and the human cannabinoid receptor 2 (h CB2R)
represent promising targets for pharmacotherapy in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease …

Contilisant, a tetratarget small molecule for Alzheimer's disease therapy combining cholinesterase, monoamine oxidase inhibition, and H3R antagonism with S1R …

OM Bautista-Aguilera, J Budni, F Mina… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Contilisant, a permeable, antioxidant, and neuroprotectant agent, showing high nM affinity at
H3R and excellent inhibition of the monoamine oxidases and cholinesterases, is an affine …

Dual targeting of acetylcholinesterase and tau aggregation: Design, synthesis and evaluation of multifunctional deoxyvasicinone analogues for Alzheimer's disease

S Manzoor, MT Gabr, B Rasool, K Pal, N Hoda - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of multitargeted ligands have demonstrated remarkable efficiency as
potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Herein, we reported a new series of …

Histamine sensing by boron and silicon doped C60 fullerenes: A first principles investigation

T Yadav, E Shakerzadeh, AK Vishwkarma… - Diamond and Related …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study reports adsorption mechanism of histamine on the surfaces of pure, B-or
Si-doped fullerenes. The adsorption of histamine on pure and doped fullerenes has been …