Assessment of enzyme inhibition: a review with examples from the development of monoamine oxidase and cholinesterase inhibitory drugs

RR Ramsay, KF Tipton - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The actions of many drugs involve enzyme inhibition. This is exemplified by the inhibitors of
monoamine oxidases (MAO) and the cholinsterases (ChE) that have been used for several …

Revolution of Alzheimer precision neurology. Passageway of systems biology and neurophysiology

H Hampel, N Toschi, C Babiloni… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
The Precision Neurology development process implements systems theory with system
biology and neurophysiology in a parallel, bidirectional research path: a combined …

A perspective on multi-target drug discovery and design for complex diseases

RR Ramsay, MR Popovic-Nikolic, K Nikolic… - Clinical and translational …, 2018 - Springer
Diseases of infection, of neurodegeneration (such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
diseases), and of malignancy (cancers) have complex and varied causative factors. Modern …

Virtual screening techniques in drug discovery: review and recent applications

SFL da Silva Rocha, CG Olanda… - Current topics in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
The discovery of bioactive molecules is an expensive and time-consuming process and new
strategies are continuously searched for in order to optimize this process. Virtual Screening …

Signature-based approaches for informed drug repurposing: targeting CNS disorders

R Shukla, ND Henkel, K Alganem, A Hamoud… - …, 2021 - nature.com
CNS disorders, and in particular psychiatric illnesses, lack definitive disease-altering
therapeutics. The limited understanding of the mechanisms driving these illnesses with the …

In silico repurposing of antipsychotic drugs for Alzheimer's disease

S Kumar, S Chowdhury, S Kumar - BMC neuroscience, 2017 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent form of dementia and represents
one of the highest unmet requirements in medicine today. There is shortage of novel …

Multi-target approach for drug discovery against schizophrenia

M Kondej, P Stępnicki, AA Kaczor - International journal of molecular …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Polypharmacology is nowadays considered an increasingly crucial aspect in discovering
new drugs as a number of original single-target drugs have been performing far behind …

The medicinal chemistry of Urtica dioica L.: from preliminary evidence to clinical studies supporting its neuroprotective activity

P Semwal, A Rauf, A Olatunde, P Singh… - Natural products and …, 2023 - Springer
Urtica dioica is a perennial herb from the family of Urticaceae that is commonly known as
stinging nettle. This plant is widespread in Europe, Africa, America, and a part of Asia, as it …

Kinetics, mechanism, and inhibition of monoamine oxidase

RR Ramsay, A Albreht - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2018 - Springer
Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) catalyse the oxidation of neurotransmitter amines and a wide
variety of primary, secondary and tertiary amine xenobiotics, including therapeutic drugs …

Monoaminergic mechanisms in epilepsy may offer innovative therapeutic opportunity for monoaminergic multi-target drugs

D Svob Strac, N Pivac, IJ Smolders, WA Fogel… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
A large body of experimental and clinical evidence has strongly suggested that monoamines
play an important role in regulating epileptogenesis, seizure susceptibility, convulsions, and …