Application of cinnamic acid in the structural modification of natural products: A review

H Deng, Q Xu, HY Guo, X Huang, F Chen, L Jin… - Phytochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural products can generally exhibit a variety of biological activities, but most show
mediocre performance in preliminary activity evaluation. Natural products often require …

Current development of β-carboline derived potential antimalarial scaffolds

P Kushwaha, V Kumar, B Saha - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Carboline alkaloids are an eminent class of nitrogen-based natural alkaloids and
therapeutic molecules which exert various pharmacological activities through diverse …

Novel dioxolane ring compounds for the management of phytopathogen diseases as ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors: synthesis, biological activities, and molecular …

LJ Min, H Wang, J Bajsa-Hirschel, CS Yu… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thirty novel dioxolane ring compounds were designed and synthesized. Their chemical
structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, HRMS, and single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis …

Design and synthesis of harmiquins, harmine and chloroquine hybrids as potent antiplasmodial agents

G Poje, LP de Carvalho, J Held, D Moita… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malaria remains one of the major health problems worldwide. The lack of an effective
vaccine and the increasing resistance of Plasmodium to the approved antimalarial drugs …

New structural classes of antimalarials

GK Rathod, M Jain, KK Sharma, S Das, A Basak… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malaria remains a major vector borne disease claiming millions of lives worldwide due to
infections caused by Plasmodium sp. Discovery and development of antimalarial drugs have …

Harmicens, novel harmine and ferrocene hybrids: design, synthesis and biological activity

G Poje, M Marinović, K Pavić, M Mioč, M Kralj… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer and malaria are both global health threats. Due to the increase in the resistance to
the known drugs, research on new active substances is a priority. Here, we present the …

Inhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum Hsp90 towards Selective Antimalarial Drug Design: The Past, Present and Future

ML Stofberg, C Caillet, M de Villiers, T Zininga - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malaria is still one of the major killer parasitic diseases in tropical settings, posing a public
health threat. The development of antimalarial drug resistance is reversing the gains made …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of new quinoline and anthranilic acid derivatives as potential quorum sensing inhibitors

I Perković, T Poljak, K Savijoki, P Varmanen… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inhibiting quorum sensing (QS), a central communication system, is a promising strategy to
combat bacterial pathogens without antibiotics. Here, we designed novel hybrid compounds …

Design, synthesis and antiplasmodial evaluation of new amide-, carbamate-, and ureido-type harmicines

M Marinović, H Rimac, LP de Carvalho, C Rôla… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Malaria, one of the oldest parasitic diseases, remains a global health threat, and the
increasing resistance of the malaria parasite to current antimalarials is forcing the discovery …

Expanding the scope of enantioselective halohydrin dehalogenases–group B

E Mehić, L Hok, Q Wang, I Dokli… - … synthesis & catalysis, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Halohydrin dehalogenases (HHDHs) possess an unnatural activity of introducing
functionalities such as N3, CN, NO2 etc., into a molecule through the ring‐opening reaction …