Phthalimides Represent a Promising Scaffold for Multi‐Targeted Anticancer Agents

BW Matore, P Banjare, AS Sarthi, PP Roy… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
From the last two decades, phthalimide analogues received prime interest from scientists
due to its potent inhibitory action on different cancer‐causing receptors. A variety of …

Privileged structures in the design of potential drug candidates for neglected diseases

ACL Leite, JWP Espíndola… - Current Medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Privileged motifs are recurring in a wide range of biologically active
compounds that reach different pharmaceutical targets and pathways and could represent a …

Thiosemicarbazone derivatives: Design, synthesis and in vitro antimalarial activity studies

R Matsa, P Makam, M Kaushik, SL Hoti… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Different types of thiosemicarbazone derivatives were designed and tested for their Drug-
Like Molecular (DLM) nature by using Lipinski and Veber rules. Subsequently, compounds …

Antiviral evaluation of hydroxyethylamine analogs: Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro), a virtual screening and simulation approach

Y Gupta, S Kumar, SE Zak, KA Jones… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The continued toll of COVID-19 has halted the smooth functioning of civilization on a global
scale. With a limited understanding of all the essential components of viral machinery and …

Designing and development of phthalimides as potent anti-tubulin hybrid molecules against malaria

V Singh, RS Hada, R Jain, M Vashistha… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Constant emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum warrants urgent need for
effective and inexpensive drugs. Herein, phthalimide (Pht) analogs possessing the bioactive …

A trio of quinoline-isoniazid-phthalimide with promising antiplasmodial potential: Synthesis, in-vitro evaluation and heme-polymerization inhibition studies

A Rani, A Sharma, J Legac, PJ Rosenthal… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinoline-isoniazid-phthalimide triads have been synthesised to assess their antiplasmodial
efficacy and cytotoxicity against chloroquine-resistant W2 strain of P. falciparum and Vero …

Falcipain-2 and falcipain-3 inhibitors as promising antimalarial agents

R Ettari, S Previti, C Di Chio… - Current Medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Malaria remains a serious problem in global public health, particularly widespread in South
America and in tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Chemotherapy is actually the only way to …

Phthalimide as a versatile pharmacophore scaffold: Unlocking its diverse biological activities

GFS Fernandes, JR Lopes… - Drug Development …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phthalimide, a pharmacophore exhibiting diverse biological activities, holds a prominent
position in medicinal chemistry. In recent decades, numerous derivatives of phthalimide …

In silico Guided Drug Repurposing: Discovery of New Competitive and Non-competitive Inhibitors of Falcipain-2

LN Alberca, SR Chuguransky, CL Álvarez… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Malaria is among the leading causes of death worldwide. The emergence of Plasmodium
falciparum resistant strains with reduced sensitivity to the first line combination therapy and …

Advances in synthesis and medicinal applications of compounds derived from phthalimide

ML Almeida, MCVA Oliveira, IR Pitta… - Current Organic …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Phthalimide derivatives have been presenting several promising biological activities in the
literature, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antitumor, antimicrobial and anticonvulsant …