Fluorine and fluorinated motifs in the design and application of bioisosteres for drug design

NA Meanwell - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electronic properties and relatively small size of fluorine endow it with considerable
versatility as a bioisostere and it has found application as a substitute for lone pairs of …

The past, present and future of anti-malarial medicines

EG Tse, M Korsik, MH Todd - Malaria journal, 2019 - Springer
Great progress has been made in recent years to reduce the high level of suffering caused
by malaria worldwide. Notably, the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria …

An insight on medicinal attributes of 1, 2, 4-triazoles

R Aggarwal, G Sumran - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The present review aims to summarize the pharmacological profile of 1, 2, 4-triazole, one of
the emerging privileged scaffold, as antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer, anticonvulsant …

Applications of fluorine in medicinal chemistry

EP Gillis, KJ Eastman, MD Hill… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The role of fluorine in drug design and development is expanding rapidly as we learn more
about the unique properties associated with this unusual element and how to deploy it with …

Triazole derivatives and their antiplasmodial and antimalarial activities

XM Chu, C Wang, WL Wang, LL Liang, W Liu… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Malaria, caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium especially by the most
prevalent parasite Plasmodium falciparum, represents one of the most devastating and …

Malaria medicines: a glass half full?

TNC Wells, RH Van Huijsduijnen… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2015 - nature.com
Despite substantial scientific progress over the past two decades, malaria remains a
worldwide burden that causes hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. New, affordable …

Malaria biology and disease pathogenesis: insights for new treatments

LH Miller, HC Ackerman, X Su, TE Wellems - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Plasmodium falciparum malaria, an infectious disease caused by a parasitic protozoan,
claims the lives of nearly a million children each year in Africa alone and is a top public …

Recent Progress toward the Introduction of Functionalized Difluoromethylated Building Blocks onto C(sp2) and C(sp) Centers

MC Belhomme, T Besset, T Poisson… - … A European Journal, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorine chemistry is a field undergoing tremendous expansion. Although much attention
has been paid to the introduction of the fluorine atom and the CF3 group, less interest has …

[HTML][HTML] Antimalarial drug discovery—approaches and progress towards new medicines

EL Flannery, AK Chatterjee, EA Winzeler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Malaria elimination has recently been reinstated as a global health priority but current
therapies seem to be insufficient for the task. Elimination efforts require new drug classes …

Preparation and utility of organic pentafluorosulfanyl-containing compounds

PR Savoie, JT Welch - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
The organic chemistry of the pentafluorosulfanyl (SF5) group, previously reviewed 1 and
extensively developed by Gard, has only recently come under more widespread …