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 …

Current pharmacotherapy and multi-target approaches for Alzheimer's disease

SL Cheong, JK Tiew, YH Fong, HW Leong, YM Chan… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by decreased
synaptic transmission and cerebral atrophy with appearance of amyloid plaques and …

Cannabinoid pharmacology/therapeutics in chronic degenerative disorders affecting the central nervous system

MS Aymerich, E Aso, MA Abellanas, RM Tolon… - Biochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
The endocannabinoid system (ECS) exerts a modulatory effect of important functions such
as neurotransmission, glial activation, oxidative stress, or protein homeostasis …

Dual-acting small molecules: subtype-selective cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist/butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor hybrids show neuroprotection in an Alzheimer's disease …

P Spatz, SAM Steinmüller, A Tutov… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We present the synthesis and characterization of merged human butyrylcholinesterase (h
BChE) inhibitor/cannabinoid receptor 2 (h CB2R) ligands for the treatment of …

Multi-target directed drugs as a modern approach for drug design towards Alzheimer's disease: an update

M de Freitas Silva, KST Dias, VS Gontijo… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder.
Currently, no effective treatment is available and this is due to multiple factors involved in …

Flurbiprofen-chalcone hybrid Mannich base derivatives as balanced multifunctional agents against Alzheimer's disease: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation

C Tian, X Qiang, Q Song, Z Cao, C Ye, Y He, Y Deng… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complex pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) calls for multitarget approach for
disease management. Herein, a series of novel flurbiprofen-chalcone hybrid Mannich base …

Cannabinoid receptor subtype 2 (CB2R) in a multitarget approach: perspective of an innovative strategy in cancer and neurodegeneration

GF Mangiatordi, F Intranuovo, P Delre… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The cannabinoid receptor subtype 2 (CB2R) represents an interesting and new therapeutic
target for its involvement in the first steps of neurodegeneration as well as in cancer onset …

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 …

In silico studies in drug research against neurodegenerative diseases

FR Makhouri, JB Ghasemi - Current neuropharmacology, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease (PD), spinal cerebellar ataxias, and spinal and bulbar …

Discovery of novel rivastigmine-hydroxycinnamic acid hybrids as multi-targeted agents for Alzheimer's disease

Z Chen, M Digiacomo, Y Tu, Q Gu, S Wang… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of rivastigmine-caffeic acid and rivastigmine-ferulic acid hybrids were designed,
synthesized, and evaluated as multifunctional agents for Alzheimer's disease (AD) in vitro …