[HTML][HTML] Gypsogenin Battling for a Front Position in the Pentacyclic Triterpenes Game of Thrones on Anti-Cancer Therapy: A Critical Review—Dedicated to the …

MO Radwan, HI Abd-Alla, AT Alsaggaf, H El-Mezayen… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, gypsogenin has attracted widespread attention from medicinal chemists
by virtue of its prominent anti-cancer potential. Despite its late identification, gypsogenin has …

[HTML][HTML] Ursolic acid analogs as potential therapeutics for cancer

SS Panda, M Thangaraju, BL Lokeshwar - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ursolic acid (UA) is a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from a large variety of vegetables, fruits
and many traditional medicinal plants. It is a structural isomer of Oleanolic Acid. The …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing oleanolic acid and its derivatives as modulators of metabolic nuclear receptors

MO Radwan, SF Kadasah, SM Aljubiri, AF Alrefaei… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nuclear receptors (NRs) constitute a superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors with
a paramount role in ubiquitous physiological functions such as metabolism, growth, and …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro and in silico evaluation of anticancer activity of new indole-based 1, 3, 4-oxadiazoles as EGFR and COX-2 inhibitors

B Sever, MD Altıntop, A Özdemir, G Akalın Çiftçi… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) are crucial
targetable enzymes in cancer management. Therefore, herein, new 2-[(5-((1 H-indol-3-yl) …

[HTML][HTML] EGFR-targeted pentacyclic triterpene analogues for glioma therapy

HI Ciftci, MO Radwan, B Sever, AK Hamdy… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glioma, particularly its most malignant form, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is the most
common and aggressive malignant central nervous system tumor. The drawbacks of the …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of ursolic acid potential for the treatment of metabolic disorders, autoimmune diseases, and cancers via nuclear receptor pathways

SF Kadasah, MO Radwan - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nuclear receptors (NRs) form a family of druggable transcription factors that are regulated by
ligand binding to orchestrate multifaceted physiological functions, including reproduction …

Design, synthesis and investigation of the mechanism of action underlying anti-leukemic effects of the quinolinequinones as LY83583 analogs

HI Ciftci, N Bayrak, M Yıldız, H Yıldırım, B Sever… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Literature conclusively shows that one of the quinolinequinone analogs (6-anilino-5, 8-
quinolinequinone), referred to as LY83583 hereafter, an inhibitor of guanylyl cyclase, was …

Structure based design, synthesis, and evaluation of anti-CML activity of the quinolinequinones as LY83583 analogs

N Bayrak, HI Ciftci, M Yıldız, H Yıldırım, B Sever… - Chemico-Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinone-based small molecules are the promising structures for antiproliferative drug
design and can induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Among them, one of the …

A novel series of chlorinated plastoquinone analogs: Design, synthesis, and evaluation of anticancer activity

N Bayrak, H Yıldırım, M Yıldız… - Chemical Biology & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the synthesis and cytotoxic effects of novel chlorinated plastoquinone
analogs (ABQ1–17) against different leukemic cells. Compounds ABQ3, ABQ11, and ABQ12 …

A new series of antileukemic agents: Design, synthesis, in vitro and in silico evaluation of thiazole-based ABL1 kinase inhibitors

E Zeytün, MD Altıntop, B Sever… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: After the approval of imatinib, more than 25 antitumor agents targeting kinases
have been approved, and several promising candidates are at various stages of clinical …