Chiral 1, 1-diaryl compounds as important pharmacophores

D Ameen, TJ Snape - MedChemComm, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Compounds containing a 1, 1-diaryl motif are numerous, and compounds of this type have
found use as catalysts and molecular building blocks, however, this review focusses solely …

A review of synthetic bioactive tetrahydro-β-carbolines: A medicinal chemistry perspective

J Wang, F Gong, T Liang, Z Xie, Y Yang, C Cao… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 1, 2, 3, 4-Tetrahydro-β-carboline (THβC) scaffold is widespread in many natural
products (NPs) and synthetic compounds which show a variety of pharmacological activities …

β-Carboline as a privileged scaffold for multitarget strategies in Alzheimer's disease therapy

A Beato, A Gori, B Boucherle… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The natural β-carboline alkaloids display similarities with neurotransmitters that can be
favorably exploited to design bioactive and bioavailable drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

[HTML][HTML] Sildenafil inhibits the growth of human colorectal cancer in vitro and in vivo

XL Mei, Y Yang, YJ Zhang, Y Li, JM Zhao… - American journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer is the third most common human cancer with frequent overexpression of
the cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5). In the present study, we investigated that …

Receptor guanylyl cyclase C and cyclic GMP in health and disease: perspectives and therapeutic opportunities

H Prasad, JKK Mathew… - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Receptor Guanylyl Cyclase C (GC-C) was initially characterized as an important regulator of
intestinal fluid and ion homeostasis. Recent findings demonstrate that GC-C is also causally …

Synthesis, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and COX-1/2 inhibition activities of anilides based on 5, 5-diphenylimidazolidine-2, 4-dione scaffold: molecular docking …

AM Alaa, AS El-Azab, LA Abou-Zeid… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The design, synthesis and pharmacological activities of a group of 5, 5-
diphenylimidazolidine-2, 4-dione bearing anilide, phenacyl and benzylidene fragments 2 …

Case-specific performance of MM-PBSA, MM-GBSA, and SIE in virtual screening

SI Virtanen, SP Niinivehmas, OT Pentikäinen - Journal of Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
In drug discovery the reliable prediction of binding free energies is of crucial importance.
Methods that combine molecular mechanics force fields with continuum solvent models …

Design, synthesis and evaluation of anticancer activity of novel 2-thioxoimidazolidin-4-one derivatives bearing pyrazole, triazole and benzoxazole moieties

HA Elhady, R El-Sayed, HS Al-Nathali - Chemistry Central Journal, 2018 - Springer
A novel series of substituted 2-thiohydantoin incorporated with benzoimidazole, pyrazole,
triazole and/or benzoxazole moieties has been synthesized using (E)-3-[1-(4-bromophenyl) …

The long and winding road of designing phosphodiesterase inhibitors for the treatment of heart failure

NF Nadur, LL de Azevedo, L Caruso… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are a superfamily of enzymes known to play a
critical role in the indirect regulation of several intracellular metabolism pathways through …

Sildenafil potentiates the antitumor activity of cisplatin by induction of apoptosis and inhibition of proliferation and angiogenesis

MM El-Naa, M Othman, S Younes - Drug design, development and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Sildenafil is the first phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor used for the treatment of erectile
dysfunction. However, recent studies have been suggesting an antitumor effect of sildenafil …