A global review on short peptides: frontiers and perspectives

V Apostolopoulos, J Bojarska, TT Chai, S Elnagdy… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Peptides are fragments of proteins that carry out biological functions. They act as signaling
entities via all domains of life and interfere with protein-protein interactions, which are …

Peptide-drug conjugates: a new hope for cancer management

VP Chavda, HK Solanki, M Davidson… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide despite advances in treatment
options for patients. As such, safe and effective therapeutics are required. Short peptides …

Impact of aliphatic acyl and aromatic thioamide substituents on the anticancer activity of Ru (ii)-p-cymene complexes with acylthiourea ligands—in vitro and in vivo …

S Swaminathan, J Haribabu, MKM Subarkhan… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Six different acylthiourea ligands (L1–L6) and their corresponding Ru (II)-p-cymene
complexes (P1–P6) were designed to explore the structure–activity relationship of the …

Cocrystal engineering of pharmaceutical solids: Therapeutic potential and challenges

SN Wong, YCS Chen, B Xuan, CC Sun, SF Chow - CrystEngComm, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cocrystals are an emerging class of crystalline materials composed of two or more different
molecules in the same crystal lattice that are physically connected by non-ionic and non …

Assessment of the Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potential of Ptychotis verticillata Duby Essential Oil from Eastern Morocco: An In Vitro and In Silico Analysis

M Taibi, A Elbouzidi, D Ou-Yahia, M Dalli, R Bellaouchi… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ptychotis verticillata Duby, referred to as Nûnkha in the local language, is a medicinal plant
that is native to Morocco. This particular plant is a member of the Apiaceae family and has a …

Cyclic dipeptides: The biological and structural landscape with special focus on the anti-cancer proline-based scaffold

J Bojarska, A Mieczkowski, ZM Ziora, M Skwarczynski… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cyclic dipeptides, also know as diketopiperazines (DKP), the simplest cyclic forms of
peptides widespread in nature, are unsurpassed in their structural and bio-functional …

In vitro antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of green cardamom essential oil and in silico molecular docking of its major bioactives

A Alam, T Jawaid, P Alam - Journal of Taibah University for …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Essential oil of Elettaria cardamomum (Green cardamom) is effective in the treatment of
various disease conditions. Globally, Guatemala is the leading producer of green cardamom …

Modeling polyzwitterion-based drug delivery platforms: A perspective of the current state-of-the-art and beyond

S Javan Nikkhah, M Vandichel - ACS Engineering Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
Drug delivery platforms are anticipated to have biocompatible and bioinert surfaces.
PEGylation of drug carriers is the most approved method since it improves water solubility …

The use of machine learning modeling, virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations to identify potential VEGFR2 kinase inhibitors

A Salimi, JH Lim, JH Jang, JY Lee - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Targeting the signaling pathway of the Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 is a
promising approach that has drawn attention in the quest to develop novel anti-cancer drugs …

Synthesis and in-silico studies of some new thiazole carboxamide derivatives with theoretical investigation

N A. Kheder, H Ather, D R. Emam… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Based on the tremendous pharmacological activities of compounds containing thiazole and
carboxamide moieties, the current study aims to prepare new series of thiazole, pyrazole …