Microwave assisted reactions of azaheterocycles formedicinal chemistry applications

D Amariucai-Mantu, V Mangalagiu, R Danac… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microwave (MW) assisted reactions have became a powerful tool in azaheterocycles
chemistry during the last decades. Five and six membered ring azaheterocycles are …

Phthalimide as a versatile pharmacophore scaffold: Unlocking its diverse biological activities

GFS Fernandes, JR Lopes… - Drug Development …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phthalimide, a pharmacophore exhibiting diverse biological activities, holds a prominent
position in medicinal chemistry. In recent decades, numerous derivatives of phthalimide …

Antiviral evaluation of hydroxyethylamine analogs: Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro), a virtual screening and simulation approach

Y Gupta, S Kumar, SE Zak, KA Jones… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The continued toll of COVID-19 has halted the smooth functioning of civilization on a global
scale. With a limited understanding of all the essential components of viral machinery and …

Designing and development of phthalimides as potent anti-tubulin hybrid molecules against malaria

V Singh, RS Hada, R Jain, M Vashistha… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constant emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum warrants urgent need for
effective and inexpensive drugs. Herein, phthalimide (Pht) analogs possessing the bioactive …

Expanding the scope of novel 1, 2, 3-triazole derivatives as new antiparasitic drug candidates

R Carlucci, G Di Gresia, MG Mediavilla… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We have previously shown that prenyl and aliphatic triazoles are interesting motifs to
prepare new chemical entities for antiparasitic and antituberculosis drug development. In …

Phthalimide analogs for antimalarial drug discovery

M Bansal, C Upadhyay, S Kumar, B Rathi - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Malaria remains one of the world's most life-threatening diseases and, thus, it is a major
public health concern all around the world. The disease can become devastating if not …

The Multistage Antimalarial Compound Calxinin Perturbates P. falciparum Ca2+ Homeostasis by Targeting a Unique Ion Channel

Y Gupta, N Sharma, S Singh, JG Romero, V Rajendran… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Malaria elimination urgently needs novel antimalarial therapies that transcend resistance,
toxicity, and high costs. Our multicentric international collaborative team focuses on …

Fast-acting small molecules targeting malarial aspartyl proteases, plasmepsins, inhibit malaria infection at multiple life stages

S Singh, V Rajendran, J He, AK Singh… - ACS Infectious …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The eradication of malaria remains challenging due to the complex life cycle of Plasmodium
and the rapid emergence of drug-resistant forms of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium …

Phenotypic screening reveals a highly selective phthalimide-based compound with antileishmanial activity

F Zahedifard, M Bansal, N Sharma… - PLOS Neglected …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Pharmacophores such as hydroxyethylamine (HEA) and phthalimide (PHT) have been
identified as potential synthons for the development of compounds against various parasitic …

Synthesis and bioactivity of phthalimide analogs as potential drugs to treat schistosomiasis, a neglected disease of poverty

S Singh, N El-Sakkary, DE Skinner, PP Sharma… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The neglected tropical disease, schistosomiasis, is caused by trematode blood flukes of the
Schistosoma genus and infects approximately 200 million people worldwide. With just one …