An overview on synthetic entries to tetrahydro-β-carbolines

P Maity, D Adhikari, AK Jana - Tetrahedron, 2019 - Elsevier
The tetrahydro-β-carboline (THBC) nucleus is a predominant feature of a vast array of
naturally occurring alkaloids. Most of these alkaloids have been found to exhibit significant …

Synthesis and investigations into the anticancer and antibacterial activity studies of β-carboline chalcones and their bromide salts

POV Reddy, M Hridhay, K Nikhil, S Khan… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of sixteen β-carbolines, bearing chalcone moiety at C-1 position, were prepared
from easily accessible 1-acetyl-β-carboline and various aldehydes under basic conditions …

[PDF][PDF] Recent insights into β-Carboline alkaloids with anticancer potential

KL Manasa, SS Yadav, D Srikanth, N Nagesh… - IOSR J. Pharm. Biol …, 2020 - academia.edu
Kesari Lakshmi Manasa,* a Sanam Swetha Yadav, a Danaboina Srikanth, a Narayana
Nagesh,* b and Mallika Alvala* a aDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery and structure-activity relationship studies of novel tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives as apoptosis initiators for treating bacterial infections

S Su, H Liu, J Zhang, P Qi, Y Ding, L Zhang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing and excavating new agrochemicals with highly active and safe is an important
tactic for protecting crop health and food safety. In this paper, to discover the new bactericide …

Rational design, synthesis, molecular modeling, biological activity, and mechanism of action of polypharmacological norfloxacin hydroxamic acid derivatives

AMK El-Sagheir, IA Nekhala… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluoroquinolones are broad-spectrum antibiotics that target gyrase and topoisomerase IV,
involved in DNA compaction and segregation. We synthesized 28 novel norfloxacin …

Synthesis, biological evaluation and preliminary mechanisms of 6-amino substituted harmine derivatives as potential antitumor agents

D Hu, G Han, H Ren, X Li, L Yue, J Xu, J Feng, L Guo - Fitoterapia, 2022 - Elsevier
To explore the effect of the introduction of the amino and substituted amino groups on the
antitumor activity of harmine, twenty-five novel 6-amino substituted harmine derivatives (3a …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel N9-heterobivalent β-carbolines as angiogenesis inhibitors

L Guo, Q Ma, W Chen, W Fan, J Zhang… - Journal of enzyme …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A series of novel N 9-heterobivalent β-carbolines has been synthesized. All the novel
compounds were tested for their anticancer activity against six tumour cell lines in vitro …

Cytotoxic and apoptotic activity of the novel harmine derivative ZC-14 in Sf9 cells

J Zhang, Z Zhang, B Shu, G Cui, G Zhong - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Harmine, one of the natural β-carboline alkaloids extracted from Peganum harmala L.,
exhibits broad spectrum but limited insecticidal ability against many pests. So there is an …

Facile and practical synthesis of β-carbolinium salts and γ-carbolinium salts via rhodium-catalyzed three-component reactions

Z Wang, T Li, S Xing, B Zhu - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
A facile and practical [Cp* RhCl2] 2-catalyzed three-component reaction between indolyl
aldehydes, amines and alkynes involving C–H activation and cyclization has been …

A new parameter of growth inhibition for cell proliferation assays

FP Fiorentino, L Bagella… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cell proliferation assays are performed by four decades to test the anti‐proliferative activity
of natural products and synthetic compounds in cell cultures. In cancer research, they are …