Chalcone: a promising bioactive scaffold in medicinal chemistry

G Rajendran, D Bhanu, B Aruchamy, P Ramani… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chalcones are a class of privileged scaffolds with high medicinal significance due to the
presence of an α, β-unsaturated ketone functionality. Numerous functional modifications of …

Current scenario of ferrocene-containing hybrids for antimalarial activity

J Xiao, Z Sun, F Kong, F Gao - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Hybrid molecules have the potential to enhance the efficacy against both drug-sensitive and
drug-resistant organisms, and Ferroquine, a ferrocene hybrid, has demonstrated great …

Recent developments in biological aspects of chalcones: the odyssey continues

A Rani, A Anand, K Kumar, V Kumar - Expert opinion on drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chalcones are attractive to synthetic chemists because they are easy to
prepare, have a large number of replaceable hydrogens, thereby having significant …

Chalcone hybrids and their antimalarial activity

P Cheng, L Yang, X Huang, X Wang… - Archiv der …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria, one of the most striking, re‐emerging infectious diseases caused by the genus
Plasmodium, places a huge burden on global healthcare systems. A major challenge in the …

Hybrid molecules with potential in vitro antiplasmodial and in vivo antimalarial activity against drug‐resistant Plasmodium falciparum

LS Feng, Z Xu, L Chang, C Li, XF Yan… - Medicinal Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Malaria is a tropical disease, leading to around half a million deaths annually. Antimalarials
such as quinolines are crucial to fight against malaria, but malaria control is extremely …

A trio of quinoline-isoniazid-phthalimide with promising antiplasmodial potential: Synthesis, in-vitro evaluation and heme-polymerization inhibition studies

A Rani, A Sharma, J Legac, PJ Rosenthal… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinoline-isoniazid-phthalimide triads have been synthesised to assess their antiplasmodial
efficacy and cytotoxicity against chloroquine-resistant W2 strain of P. falciparum and Vero …

Antimalarial and immunomodulatory potential of chalcone derivatives in experimental model of malaria

S Sinha, B Medhi, BD Radotra, DI Batovska… - … Medicine and Therapies, 2022 - Springer
Background Malaria is a complex issue due to the availability of few therapies and chemical
families against Plasmodium and mosquitoes. There is increasing resistance to various …

Two important anticancer mechanisms of natural and synthetic chalcones

T Constantinescu, AG Mihis - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
ATP-binding cassette subfamily G and tubulin pharmacological mechanisms decrease the
effectiveness of anticancer drugs by modulating drug absorption and by creating tubulin …

Design, synthesis, heme binding and density functional theory studies of isoindoline-dione-4-aminoquinolines as potential antiplasmodials

A Rani, S Kumar, J Legac, AA Adeniyi… - Future Medicinal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: WHO Malaria report 2017 estimated 216 million cases of malaria and 445,000 deaths
worldwide, with 91% of deaths affecting the African region. Results/methodology: Microwave …

Structural-activity relationship of metallo-aminoquines as next generation antimalarials

M Abid, S Singh, TJ Egan… - Current topics in medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Apicomplexian parasite of the genus Plasmodium is the causative agent of malaria, one of
the most devastating, furious and common infectious disease throughout the world …