[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in topoisomerase-targeted cancer chemotherapy

KE Hevener, TA Verstak, KE Lutat, DL Riggsbee… - … pharmaceutica sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
The DNA topoisomerase enzymes are essential to cell function and are found ubiquitously
in all domains of life. The various topoisomerase enzymes perform a wide range of functions …

The biological activity of natural alkaloids against herbivores, cancerous cells and pathogens

A Thawabteh, S Juma, M Bader, D Karaman, L Scrano… - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
The growing incidence of microorganisms that resist antimicrobials is a constant concern for
the scientific community, while the development of new antimicrobials from new chemical …

A comprehensive review of topoisomerase inhibitors as anticancer agents in the past decade

X Liang, Q Wu, S Luan, Z Yin, C He, L Yin, Y Zou… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The topoisomerase enzymes play an important role in DNA metabolism, and searching for
enzyme inhibitors is an important target in the search for new anticancer drugs. Discovery of …

Alkaloids isolated from natural herbs as the anticancer agents

JJ Lu, JL Bao, XP Chen, M Huang… - Evidence‐Based …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaloids are important chemical compounds that serve as a rich reservoir for drug
discovery. Several alkaloids isolated from natural herbs exhibit antiproliferation and …

Topoisomerase I inhibitors: Challenges, progress and the road ahead

A Talukdar, B Kundu, D Sarkar, S Goon… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Topoisomerase IB (Top1), a subcategory of DNA topoisomerase enzymes is
expressed much higher in several tumor cells. Therefore, modulating the activity of Top1 in …

Designing multi-targeted agents: An emerging anticancer drug discovery paradigm

R Fu, Y Sun, W Sheng, D Liao - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The dominant paradigm in drug discovery is to design ligands with maximum selectivity to
act on individual drug targets. With the target-based approach, many new chemical entities …

Combination of DNA damage, autophagy, and ERK inhibition: novel evodiamine-inspired multi-action Pt (IV) prodrugs with high-efficiency and low-toxicity antitumor …

XM Liu, Z Li, XR Xie, JQ Wang, X Qiao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Exploring multi-targeting chemotherapeutants with advantages over single-targeting agents
and drug combinations is of great significance in drug discovery. Herein, we employed …

Scaffold diversity inspired by the natural product evodiamine: discovery of highly potent and multitargeting antitumor agents

S Wang, K Fang, G Dong, S Chen, N Liu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A critical question in natural product-based drug discovery is how to translate the product
into drug-like molecules with optimal pharmacological properties. The generation of natural …

A review of synthetic bioactive tetrahydro-β-carbolines: A medicinal chemistry perspective

J Wang, F Gong, T Liang, Z Xie, Y Yang, C Cao… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract 1, 2, 3, 4-Tetrahydro-β-carboline (THβC) scaffold is widespread in many natural
products (NPs) and synthetic compounds which show a variety of pharmacological activities …

Software and resources for computational medicinal chemistry

C Liao, M Sitzmann, A Pugliese… - Future medicinal …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Computer-aided drug design plays a vital role in drug discovery and development and has
become an indispensable tool in the pharmaceutical industry. Computational medicinal …