Stereoselective synthesis and applications of spirocyclic oxindoles

AJ Boddy, JA Bull - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of novel synthetic strategies to form new chemical entities in a
stereoselective manner is an ongoing significant objective in organic and medicinal …

Therapeutic potential of spirooxindoles as antiviral agents

N Ye, H Chen, EA Wold, PY Shi, J Zhou - ACS infectious diseases, 2016 - ACS Publications
Antiviral therapeutics with profiles of high potency, low resistance, panserotype, and low
toxicity remain challenging, and obtaining such agents continues to be an active area of …

Target identification for small bioactive molecules: finding the needle in the haystack

S Ziegler, V Pries, C Hedberg… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Identification and confirmation of bioactive small‐molecule targets is a crucial, often decisive
step both in academic and pharmaceutical research. Through the development and …

Alkaloids as potential antivirals. A comprehensive review

S Faisal, SL Badshah, B Kubra, AH Emwas… - Natural Products and …, 2023 - Springer
Alkaloids are a diverse group of natural phytochemicals. These phytochemicals in plants
provide them protection against pests, and herbivorous organisms and also control their …

Phosphine‐mediated Highly Enantioselective Spirocyclization with Ketimines as Substrates

X Han, WL Chan, W Yao, Y Wang, Y Lu - Angewandte Chemie, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphine‐catalyzed enantioselective annulation reactions involving ketimines are a
daunting synthetic challenge owing to the intrinsic low reactivity of ketimine substrates. A …

Potential role of the formation of tunneling nanotubes in HIV-1 spread in macrophages

M Hashimoto, F Bhuyan, M Hiyoshi… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), the long membrane extensions connecting distant cells, have
emerged as a novel form of cell-to-cell communication. However, it is not fully understood …

Proteomic profiling of small-molecule inhibitors reveals dispensability of MTH1 for cancer cell survival

T Kawamura, M Kawatani, M Muroi, Y Kondoh… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Since recent publications suggested that the survival of cancer cells depends on MTH1 to
avoid incorporation of oxidized nucleotides into the cellular DNA, MTH1 has attracted …

The HIV-1 Vpr protein: a multifaceted target for therapeutic intervention

ME González - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpr protein is an attractive target for
antiretroviral drug development. The conservation both of the structure along virus evolution …

Affinity-based target identification for bioactive small molecules

M Kawatani, H Osada - MedChemComm, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Identification of the cellular targets of bioactive small molecules is a crucial step in drug
discovery and chemical genetics. Classical affinity purification with small-molecule affinity …

“Old friends in new guise”: exploiting privileged structures for scaffold re-evolution/refining

Y Song, W Chen, D Kang, Q Zhang… - … Chemistry & High …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The attempts to increase novel drug productivity through creative discovery technologies
have fallen short of producing the satisfactory results. For these reasons, evolved from the …