Imidazoles as potential anticancer agents: An update on recent studies

P Sharma, C LaRosa, J Antwi, R Govindarajan… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic rings are common structural components of marketed
drugs. Among these heterocycles, imidazole/fused imidazole rings are present in a wide …

Recent advances in the synthesis of biologically and pharmaceutically active quinoline and its analogues: a review

A Weyesa, E Mulugeta - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, quinoline has become an essential heterocyclic compound due to its versatile
applications in the fields of industrial and synthetic organic chemistry. It is a vital scaffold for …

Topoisomerase I inhibitors: Challenges, progress and the road ahead

A Talukdar, B Kundu, D Sarkar, S Goon… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Topoisomerase IB (Top1), a subcategory of DNA topoisomerase enzymes is
expressed much higher in several tumor cells. Therefore, modulating the activity of Top1 in …

[HTML][HTML] MYC assembles and stimulates topoisomerases 1 and 2 in a “topoisome”

SK Das, V Kuzin, DP Cameron, S Sanford, RK Jha… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
High-intensity transcription and replication supercoil DNA to levels that can impede or halt
these processes. As a potent transcription amplifier and replication accelerator, the proto …

Quinoline anticancer agents active on DNA and DNA-interacting proteins: From classical to emerging therapeutic targets

A Lauria, G La Monica, A Bono, A Martorana - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinoline is one of the most important and versatile nitrogen heterocycles embodied in
several biologically active molecules. Within the numerous quinolines developed as …

Anticancer, antimicrobial activities of quinoline based hydrazone analogues: Synthesis, characterization and molecular docking

KD Katariya, SR Shah, D Reddy - Bioorganic chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on the biologically active heterocycle quinoline, a series (18a-p) of quinoline
hydrazone analogues were prepared, starting from 6-bromo/6-chloro-2-methyl-quinolin-4-yl …

Exploring diverse frontiers: Advancements of bioactive 4-aminoquinoline-based molecular hybrids in targeted therapeutics and beyond

L Ravindar, SA Hasbullah, KP Rakesh… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Amongst heterocyclic compounds, quinoline and its derivatives are advantaged scaffolds
that appear as a significant assembly motif for developing new drug entities. Aminoquinoline …

Necroptosis induced by ruthenium (II) complexes as dual catalytic inhibitors of topoisomerase I/II

K Xiong, C Qian, Y Yuan, L Wei, X Liao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inducing necroptosis in cancer cells is an effective approach to circumvent drug‐resistance.
Metal‐based triggers have, however, rarely been reported. Ruthenium (II) complexes …

Synthesis of N-2 (5H)-furanonyl sulfonyl hydrazone derivatives and their biological evaluation in vitro and in vivo activity against MCF-7 breast cancer cells

K Yang, JQ Yang, SH Luo, WJ Mei, JY Lin, JQ Zhan… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract A series of (E)-N-2 (5H)-furanonyl sulfonyl hydrazone derivatives have been
rationally designed and efficiently synthesized by one-pot reaction with good yields for the …

Discovery of 4-alkoxy-2-aryl-6, 7-dimethoxyquinolines as a new class of topoisomerase I inhibitors endowed with potent in vitro anticancer activity

MM Elbadawi, WM Eldehna, W Wang… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In our attempt to develop potential anticancer agents targeting Topoisomerase I (TOP1), two
novel series of 4-alkoxy-2-arylquinolines 14a-p and 19a-c were designed and synthesized …