DNA and RNA synthesis: antifolates

IM Kompis, K Islam, RL Then - Chemical reviews, 2005 - ACS Publications
Tetrahydrofolate cofactors are essential for the synthesis of purines, certain amino acids,
and thymidine. Most bacteria and plants produce these folate cofactors by de novo …

Recent Advances and Developments of in vitro Evaluation of Heterocyclic Moieties on Cancer Cell Lines

R Tandon, I Singh, V Luxami, N Tandon… - The Chemical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Besides worthy development in cancer therapy, cancer is still one of the leading causes of
death, worldwide. The future burden of cancer will probably be even larger because people …

Quantitative profiling of protein carbonylations in ferroptosis by an aniline-derived probe

Y Chen, Y Liu, T Lan, W Qin, Y Zhu, K Qin… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ferroptosis is a regulated form of necrotic cell death implicated in carcinogenesis and
neurodegeneration that is driven by phospholipid peroxidation. Lipid-derived electrophiles …

Synthesis and biological activity of some pyrimidine derivatives

KN Mohana, BNP Kumar, L Mallesha - Drug invention today, 2013 - Elsevier
Objectives To synthesize a variety of pyrimidine analogs, 3, 4, 5, 6 (a–d), 7 (a–d) and their
anticonvulsant and antioxidant activity was determined. Methods Using 5-bromo-2, 4 …

Novel chemical strategies for thymidylate synthase inhibition

WH Gmeiner - Current medicinal chemistry, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a well-validated target for cancer chemotherapy. TS was
established as the principal target of the widely used anticancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5FU) …

Synthesis of some new annulated pyrazolo-pyrido (or pyrano) pyrimidine, pyrazolopyridine and pyranopyrazole derivatives

S ABDULLAH EL-ASSIERY, G HOSNI SAYED… - Acta …, 2004 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The bifunctional pyrazolopyridine (2) and pyrano-pyrazole (3) derivatives were
prepared by the reaction of 2-(2, 4-dinitrophenyl)-5-methyl-2, 4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one …

Recent advances in classical and non-classical antifolates as antitumor and antiopportunistic infection agents: part I

A Gangjee, HD Jain, S Kurup - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Antifolates that inhibit the key enzymes thymidylate synthase (TS) and dihydrofolate
reductase (DHFR) have found clinical utility as antitumor and antiopportunistic agents …

Structure-based design and synthesis of antiparasitic pyrrolopyrimidines targeting pteridine reductase 1

AI Khalaf, JK Huggan, CJ Suckling… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The treatment of Human African trypanosomiasis remains a major unmet health need in sub-
Saharan Africa. Approaches involving new molecular targets are important; pteridine …

Dihydrofolate reductase as a target for chemotherapy in parasites

A Gangjee, S Kurup, O Namjoshi - Current pharmaceutical …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Opportunistic infections are known to cause morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised
individuals. In addition, serious infections due to several parasites are also known to affect …

Spectroscopic, computational, antimicrobial, DNA interaction, in vitro anticancer and molecular docking properties of biochemically active Cu (II) and Zn (II) complexes …

M Sankarganesh, J Dhaveethu Raja… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Biochemically active Cu (II) and Zn (II) complexes [CuL (ClO 4) 2 (1) and ZnL (ClO 4) 2 (2)]
have been synthesized from N, N donor Schiff base ligand L derived from4, 6 …