The application of computational approaches in drug discovery has been consolidated in
the last decades. These families of techniques are usually grouped under the common …

Currently, heterocycles have occupied an important position in the fields of drug design.
Among them, azaindole moiety is regarded as one privileged scaffold to develop therapeutic …

In many types of cancers, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) is abnormally
overexpressed and has become a promising target for cancer therapy. However, few highly …

A new series of nortopsentin analogs, in which the central imidazole ring of the natural lead
was replaced by a 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole or 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole moiety, was efficiently …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the main aggressive types of cancer,
characterized by late prognosis and drug resistance. Among the main factors sustaining …

Sixteen new thalidomide analogs were synthesized. The new candidates showed potent in
vitro antiproliferative activities against three human cancer cell lines, namely hepatocellular …

Proliferating cancer cells are characterized by the Warburg effect, a metabolic alteration in
which ATP is generated from cytoplasmic glycolysis instead of oxidative phosphorylation …

The marine environment is an excellent source of molecules that have a wide structural
diversity and a variety of biological activities. Many marine natural products (MNPs) have …

N-Oxides of heterocyclic compounds are the focus of medical chemistry due to their diverse
biological properties. The high reactivity and tendency to undergo various rearrangements …

Continuing our research into the anticancer properties of acrylonitriles, we present a study
involving the design, synthesis, computational analysis, and biological assessment of novel …