Alkaloids as important scaffolds in therapeutic drugs for the treatments of cancer, tuberculosis, and smoking cessation

P Kittakoop, C Mahidol… - Current topics in medicinal …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Alkaloid molecules can act, depending on a type of amine functionality present in alkalods,
as either hydrogenacceptor or hydrogen-donor for hydrogen bonding that is critically …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the anticancer therapeutic potential of maytansine and its derivatives

S Zafar, M Armaghan, K Khan, N Hassan… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maytansine is a pharmacologically active 19-membered ansamacrolide derived from
various medicinal plants and microorganisms. Among the most studied pharmacological …

The role of natural anti-parasitic guided development of synthetic drugs for leishmaniasis

R Pal, G Teli, MJ Akhtar, GSP Matada - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease and categorised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD).
Each year, between 70, 0000 and 1 million new cases are believed to occur. There are …

[HTML][HTML] New drugs with antiprotozoal activity from marine algae: a review

FAE Torres, TG Passalacqua, A Velásquez… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The use of indigenous or remote popular knowledge to identify new drugs against diseases
or infections is a well-known approach in medicine. The inhabitants of coastal regions are …

Natural sesquiterpenoids

BM Fraga - Natural product reports, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2012. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep. 2012, 29, 1334. This review covers the
isolation, structural determination, synthesis and chemical and microbiological …

Pyridines and Imidazopyridines with medicinal significance

T LS Kishbaugh - Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Pyridine and pyridine-fused ring systems are ubiquitous in medicinal research and
demonstrate such diverse pharmacological benefits as anticonvulsant therapies, treatment …

Photoinduced Divergent Alkylation/Acylation of Pyridine N-Oxides with Alkynes under Anaerobic and Aerobic Conditions

J Xu, W Wu, J Wu - Organic letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Ortho-alkylated and ortho-acylated pyridines have been conveniently synthesized from
pyridine N-oxides and alkynes under visible-light-mediation in a metal-free manner. The …

The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against trypanosoma cruzi-an update from 2012 to 2021

H Barbosa, F Thevenard… - Current Topics in …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is classified by the World Health
Organization (WHO) as one of the seventeen neglected tropical diseases (NTD), affecting …

Synthesis of pyridine derivatives for diverse biological activity profiles: a review

TR Allaka, NK Katari - Recent Developments in the Synthesis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyridine (py) is one of the important heterocyclic compounds and an internal part of several
natural products. There are various medicines containing pyridine ring system being …

Densely Functionalized Macrocyclic Sesquiterpene Pyridine Alkaloids from Maytenus austroyunnanensis

KL Ji, YY Fan, Q Gong, QF Liu, MJ Cui… - Journal of Natural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Eleven densely functionalized new dihydro-β-agarofuran sesquiterpenoid derivatives,
named maytenoids A–K (1–11), as well as one known analog, were isolated and …