In vitro anticancer activity of fluphenazine, perphenazine and prochlorperazine. A review

M Otręba, L Kośmider - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Drug repositioning is an approach that could accelerate the clinical use of compounds in
different diseases. The goal is to take advantage of the fact that approved drugs have been …

Perphenazine and prochlorperazine induce concentration-dependent loss in human glioblastoma cells viability

M Otręba, E Buszman - Die Pharmazie-An International Journal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Phenothiazine derivatives possess biological properties very useful for cancer therapy, such
as antiemetic and sedative activity as well as good blood–brain barrier permeability. Our …

Antipsychotic drug fluphenazine against human cancer cells

D Duarte, N Vale - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Drug repurposing is a strategy that can speed up and find novel clinical uses for already-
approved drugs for several diseases, such as cancer. This process is accelerated compared …

Chemical structure of phenothiazines and their biological activity

A Jaszczyszyn, K Gąsiorowski, P Świątek… - Pharmacological …, 2012 - Springer
Phenothiazines belong to the oldest, synthetic antipsychotic drugs, which do not have their
precursor in the world of natural compounds. Apart from their fundamental neuroleptic action …

Cytotoxic potential of phenothiazines

N Motohashi, M Kawase, K Satoh… - Current Drug …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
Phenothiazines, a kind of sulfur-containing tricyclic compounds, have diverse biological
activities including tranquilizer, antibacterial, antitumor and antihelmintic activities due to the …

Possible biological and clinical applications of phenothiazines

B Varga, Á Csonka, A Csonka, J Molnar… - Anticancer …, 2017 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Phenothiazines have been used in many areas of medicine, mainly in psychopharmacology.
These compounds are able to effectively inhibit dopamine, histamine, serotonin …

Pharmacological activity and mechanism of pyrazines

W Hou, W Dai, H Huang, SL Liu, J Liu, LJ Huang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heterocycles are common in the structure of drugs used clinically to deal with diseases.
Such drugs usually contain nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which possess electron-accepting …

Potential effect of chloroquine and propranolol combination to treat colorectal and triple-negative breast cancers

LE Anselmino, MV Baglioni, G Reynoso… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drug repositioning explores the reuse of non-cancer drugs to treat tumors. In this work, we
evaluated the effect of the combination of chloroquine and propranolol on colorectal and …

Cytotoxic effects of Benzodioxane, Naphthalene diimide, Porphyrin and Acetamol derivatives on HeLa cells

S Jeyamogan, NA Khan, A Anwar… - SAGE Open …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To synthesize novel compounds belonging to Benzodioxane, Naphthalene
diimide, Aminophenol derivatives and Porphyrin classes and test their potential anticancer …

Penfluridol as a candidate of drug repurposing for anticancer agent

NM Tuan, CH Lee - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Penfluridol has robust antipsychotic efficacy and is a first-generation diphenylbutylpiperidine
. Its effects last for several days after a single oral dose and it can be administered once a …