Indoles—A promising scaffold for drug development

TV Sravanthi, SL Manju - European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Generally, heterocycles occupy a prominent place in chemistry due to their wide range of
applications in the fields of drug design, photochemistry, agrochemicals, dyes and so on …

Indole in the target-based design of anticancer agents: A versatile scaffold with diverse mechanisms

S Dadashpour, S Emami - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The indole scaffold is one of the most widespread heterocycles in the naturally occurring
and synthetic bioactive compounds including anticancer agents. Due to its biodiversity and …

Efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria: an update

XZ Li, H Nikaido - Drugs, 2009 - Springer
Drug efflux pumps play a key role in drug resistance and also serve other functions in
bacteria. There has been a growing list of multidrug and drug-specific efflux pumps …

Arylglyoxals in synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

B Eftekhari-Sis, M Zirak, A Akbari - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Heterocycles are an extraordinarily important class of compounds, making up more than half
of all known organic compounds. Heterocycles are present in a wide variety of drugs, most …

Efflux pump inhibitors of clinically relevant multidrug resistant bacteria

A Lamut, L Peterlin Mašič, D Kikelj… - Medicinal Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial infections are an increasingly serious issue worldwide. The inability of existing
therapies to treat multidrug‐resistant pathogens has been recognized as an important …

Bacterial efflux pump inhibitors from natural sources

M Stavri, LJV Piddock, S Gibbons - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The rapid spread of bacteria expressing multidrug resistance (MDR) has necessitated the
discovery of new antibacterials and resistance-modifying agents. Since the initial discovery …

Indole-based derivatives as potential antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

HL Qin, J Liu, WY Fang, L Ravindar… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibacterial-resistance speaks to an overall alarm, particularly in regards to the flare-up of
methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a classic reason for genuine skin and …

Membrane‐active small molecules: designs inspired by antimicrobial peptides

C Ghosh, J Haldar - ChemMedChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases continue to be one of the major contributors to human morbidity. The
rapid rate at which pathogenic microorganisms have developed resistance against frontline …

Recent Advances in Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) Efflux Pump Inhibitors of Gram-Positive Bacteria S. aureus

J Handzlik, A Matys, K Kieć-Kononowicz - Antibiotics, 2013 - mdpi.com
The paper focuses on recent achievements in the search for new chemical compounds able
to inhibit multidrug resistance (MDR) mechanisms in Gram-positive pathogens. An analysis …

Antimicrobial and Efflux Pump Inhibitory Activity of Caffeoylquinic Acids from Artemisia absinthium against Gram-Positive Pathogenic Bacteria

YC Fiamegos, PL Kastritis, V Exarchou, H Han… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Traditional antibiotics are increasingly suffering from the emergence of
multidrug resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria leading to a range of novel approaches to …