Antimalarial drug discovery: old and new approaches

PJ Rosenthal - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
New drugs against malaria are greatly needed. Many approaches to antimalarial drug
discovery are available. These approaches must take into account specific concerns, in …

Recent advances in docking and scoring

EM Krovat, T Steindl, T Langer - Current computer-aided drug …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
This review is focused on recent advances and new aspects in the field of molecular docking
and scoring, and it covers multiple applications and case studies. Basic requirements and …

Falcipains and other cysteine proteases of malaria parasites

PJ Rosenthal - Cysteine proteases of pathogenic organisms, 2011 - Springer
A number of cysteine proteases of malaria parasites have been described and many more
are suggested by analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum genome sequence. The best …

Novel benzoic acid derivatives: Synthesis and biological evaluation as multitarget acetylcholinesterase and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

M Kalaycı, C Türkeş, M Arslan, Y Demir… - Archiv der …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by dementia,
memory impairment, cognitive dysfunction, and speech impairment. The utility of cholinergic …

Falcipain‐2 inhibitors

R Ettari, F Bova, M Zappalà, S Grasso… - Medicinal research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria, particularly that one caused by Plasmodium falciparum, remains a serious health
problem in Africa, South America, and many parts of Asia where it afflicts about 500 million …

Strategies and synthetic methods directed toward the preparation of libraries of substituted isoquinolines

E Awuah, A Capretta - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Strategies for the production of substituted isoquinoline libraries were developed and
explored. Routes involving microwave-assisted variants of the Bischler− Napieralski or …

Inhibition of rhodesain as a novel therapeutic modality for human African trypanosomiasis

R Ettari, L Tamborini, IC Angelo, N Micale… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Rhodesain, a cathepsin L-like cysteine protease of T. brucei rhodesiense, is considered a
potential target for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. Recent findings have …

Synthesis of novel α-pyranochalcones and pyrazoline derivatives as Plasmodium falciparum growth inhibitors

G Wanare, R Aher, N Kawathekar, R Ranjan… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2010 - Elsevier
Both the lack of a credible malaria vaccine and the emergence and spread of parasites
resistant to most of the clinically used antimalarial drugs and drug combination have …

Falcipains, Plasmodium falciparum cysteine proteases as key drug targets against malaria

C Teixeira, J RB Gomes… - Current Medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
There is a high demand for new drugs against malaria, which takes millions of lives
annually. The abuse of classical antimalarials from the late 1940's to the early 1980's has …

Design, synthesis and structure-activity relationship studies of glycosylated derivatives of marine natural product Lamellarin D

L Zheng, T Gao, Z Ge, Z Ma, J Xu, W Ding… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lamellarin D, a marine natural product, acts as a potent inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I
(Topo I). To modify its physicochemical property and biological activity, a series of mono-and …