Repurposing of drugs: An attractive pharmacological strategy for cancer therapeutics

A Kirtonia, K Gala, SG Fernandes, G Pandya… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Human malignancies are one of the major health-related issues though out the world and
anticipated to rise in the future. The development of novel drugs/agents requires a huge …

Anticancer and antiviral properties of cardiac glycosides: a review to explore the mechanism of actions

D Reddy, R Kumavath, D Barh, V Azevedo, P Ghosh - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) have a long history of treating cardiac diseases. However, recent
reports have suggested that CGs also possess anticancer and antiviral activities. The …

Lanatoside C induces G2/M cell cycle arrest and suppresses cancer cell growth by attenuating MAPK, Wnt, JAK-STAT, and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways

D Reddy, R Kumavath, P Ghosh, D Barh - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are a diverse family of naturally derived compounds having a
steroid and glycone moiety in their structures. CG molecules inhibit the α-subunit of …

Emergence of cardiac glycosides as potential drugs: Current and future scope for cancer therapeutics

R Kumavath, S Paul, H Pavithran, MK Paul, P Ghosh… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides are natural sterols and constitute a group of secondary metabolites
isolated from plants and animals. These cardiotonic agents are well recognized and …

[HTML][HTML] Periplocin exerts antitumor activity by regulating Nrf2-mediated signaling pathway in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cells

ES Bae, WS Byun, CW Ock, WK Kim, HJ Park… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although gemcitabine-based chemotherapy is common and effective for pancreatic cancer
(PC), acquired drug resistance is one of the major reasons for treatment failure. Therefore, a …

Glycosides from medicinal plants as potential anticancer agents: emerging trends towards future drugs

H Khan, M Saeedi, SM Nabavi… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cancer continues to be a global burden, despite the advancement of various
technological and pharmaceutical improvements over the past two decades. Methods for …

Prospects and therapeutic applications of cardiac glycosides in cancer remediation

JI Ayogu, AS Odoh - ACS Combinatorial Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Active metabolites from natural sources are the predominant molecular targets in numerous
biological studies owing to their appropriate compatibility with biological systems and …

Digoxin enhances the anticancer effect on non-small cell lung cancer while reducing the cardiotoxicity of adriamycin

Y Wang, Q Ma, S Zhang, H Liu, B Zhao, B Du… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Digoxin is widely used to treat heart failure. Epidemiological studies suggested it might be
used as an anticancer drug or sensitizing agent for cancer therapy. Adriamycin is a …

Peruvoside targets apoptosis and autophagy through MAPK Wnt/β-catenin and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathways in human cancers

D Reddy, R Kumavath, TZ Tan, DR Ampasala… - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim To investigate the cytotoxic effect of Peruvoside and mechanism of action in human
cancers. Main methods Cell viability was measured by MTT assay and the cell cycle arrest …

Modular total synthesis and cell-based anticancer activity evaluation of ouabagenin and other cardiotonic steroids with varying degrees of oxygenation

HR Khatri, B Bhattarai, W Kaplan, Z Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A Cu (II)-catalyzed diastereoselective Michael/aldol cascade approach is used to
accomplish concise total syntheses of cardiotonic steroids with varying degrees of …