Naphthoquinones and their derivatives: emerging trends in combating microbial pathogens

NS Mone, SA Bhagwat, D Sharma, M Chaskar… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the current era, an ever-emerging threat of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens pose
serious health challenges to mankind. Researchers are uninterruptedly putting their efforts …

Tau protein aggregation: key features to improve drug discovery screening

J Giovannini, W Smeralda, M Jouanne… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Therapeutic management of tauopathies of major public health
interest.•Complexity of interaction with the tau protein related to its structural …

Synthesis, biological activity and docking calculations of bis-naphthoquinone derivatives from Lawsone

MT Riaz, M Yaqub, Z Shafiq, A Ashraf, M Khalid… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Some metabolic enzyme inhibitors can be used as Multi-target-Directed-Ligands (MTDL) in
Medicinal chemistry therefore, synthesis and determination of alternative inhibitors are …

Allelochemical run-off from the invasive terrestrial plant Impatiens glandulifera decreases defensibility in Daphnia

JGP Diller, F Hüftlein, D Lücker, H Feldhaar… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Invasive species are a major threat for native ecosystems and organisms living within. They
are reducing the biodiversity in invaded ecosystems, by outcompeting native species with eg …

Anticancer, antimicrobial and antiparasitical activities of copper(I) complexes based on N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands bearing aryl substituents

N Touj, ISA Nasr, WS Koko, TA Khan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
New benzimidazolium salts were synthesized as N-heterocyclic carbene precursors. These
NHC precursors were metallated with Cu2O and CuI in acetone and water under reflux to …

Evaluation of Ruthenium(II) N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes as Enzymatic Inhibitory Agents with Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antiparasitical and Antiproliferative …

IS Al Nasr, WS Koko, TA Khan, N Gürbüz, I Özdemir… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
A series of [RuCl2 (p-cymene)(NHC)] complexes were obtained by reacting [RuCl2 (p-
cymene)] 2 with in situ generated Ag-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes. The …

Natural and synthetic naphthoquinones as potential anti-infective agents

E Ortiz-Pérez, G Rivera, CO Salas… - Current Topics in …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Naphthoquinones are a class of aromatic compounds relevant for their
chemical characteristics, structural properties, and biological activity. These compounds are …

Mode of action of p-quinone derivatives with trypanocidal activity studied by experimental and in silico models

A Ballesteros-Casallas, C Quiroga, C Ortiz… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quinones are attractive pharmacological scaffolds for developing new agents for the
treatment of different transmissible and non-transmissible human diseases due to their …

Synthesis, and in vitro biological evaluations of novel naphthoquinone conjugated to aryl triazole acetamide derivatives as potential anti-Alzheimer agents

S Hosseini, SA Pourmousavi, M Mahdavi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that deteriorates mental ability. Two
main cholinesterases named, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase are potential …

Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroboration Reaction of Novel Methylene Isoindolinone Compounds through Microwave Irradiation and Their Antileishmanial and …

H Jellali, N Amri, YE Mukhrish, IS Al Nasr, WS Koko… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The aim of this study was devoted into molecular docking calculations to discover the
potential antileishmania and antitoxoplasma activities of newly synthesized compounds …