Virtual screening strategies in drug discovery: a critical review

A Lavecchia, C Di Giovanni - Current medicinal chemistry, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Virtual screening (VS) is a powerful technique for identifying hit molecules as starting points
for medicinal chemistry. The number of methods and softwares which use the ligand and …

Efficient drug lead discovery and optimization

WL Jorgensen - Accounts of chemical research, 2009 - ACS Publications
During the 1980s, advances in the abilities to perform computer simulations of chemical and
biomolecular systems and to calculate free energy changes led to the expectation that such …

Exploration of 1, 2, 3-triazole linked benzenesulfonamide derivatives as isoform selective inhibitors of human carbonic anhydrase

C Kakakhan, C Türkeş, Ö Güleç, Y Demir… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A novel series of 1, 2, 3-triazole benzenesulfonamide substituted 1, 3-
dioxoisoindolin-5-carboxylate (7a-l) inhibitors of human α-carbonic anhydrase (hCA) was …

Discovery of novel benzenesulfonamides incorporating 1, 2, 3-triazole scaffold as carbonic anhydrase I, II, IX, and XII inhibitors

A Buza, C Türkeş, M Arslan, Y Demir, B Dincer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides are among the most promising potential inhibitors for carbonic anhydrases
(CAs), which are pharmaceutically relevant targets for treating several disease conditions …

Novel beta-lactam substituted benzenesulfonamides: in vitro enzyme inhibition, cytotoxic activity and in silico interactions

Ö Güleç, C Türkeş, M Arslan, Y Demir… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, a library of twelve beta-lactam-substituted benzenesulfonamides (5a–l) was
synthesized using the tail-approach method. The compounds were characterized using IR …

Cytotoxic effect, enzyme inhibition, and in silico studies of some novel N-substituted sulfonyl amides incorporating 1,3,4-oxadiazol structural motif

Ö Güleç, C Türkeş, M Arslan, Y Demir, Y Yeni… - Molecular Diversity, 2022 - Springer
The acetylcholinesterase and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (AChEIs and h CAIs) remain
key therapeutic agents for many bioactivities such as anti-Alzheimer and antiobesity …

Hit identification and optimization in virtual screening: Practical recommendations based on a critical literature analysis: Miniperspective

T Zhu, S Cao, PC Su, R Patel, D Shah… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A critical analysis of virtual screening results published between 2007 and 2011 was
performed. The activity of reported hit compounds from over 400 studies was compared to …

The journey of HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) from lab to clinic

V Namasivayam, M Vanangamudi… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is now pandemic. Targeting HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) has been considered as one of the most successful targets for the …

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico study of novel library sulfonates containing quinazolin‐4(3H)‐one derivatives as potential aldose reductase inhibitors

FS Tokalı, Y Demir, İH Demircioğlu… - Drug Development …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A series of novel sulfonates containing quinazolin‐4 (3 H)‐one ring derivatives was
designed to inhibit aldose reductase (ALR2, EC 1.1. 1.21). Novel quinazolinone derivatives …

Perspective on free-energy perturbation calculations for chemical equilibria

WL Jorgensen, LL Thomas - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Background The calculation of free energy changes is fundamental for the thermodynamic
characterization of reaction pathways and chemical equilibria. The conventional …