Recent advances of antitumor shikonin/alkannin derivatives: A comprehensive overview focusing on structural classification, synthetic approaches, and mechanisms …

M Valipour - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Shikonin and its enantiomeric analogue, alkaninn, are prevailing natural lead compounds in
the drug discovery and development of anticancer agents. Despite having numerous …

Discovery of benzochalcone derivative as a potential antigastric cancer agent targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)

J Dong, J Yang, W Yu, H Li, M Cai, JL Xu… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Gastric cancer remains a significant health burden worldwide. In continuation of our
previous study and development of effective small molecules against gastric cancer, a series …

2-Aminobenzothiazoles in anticancer drug design and discovery

G Huang, T Cierpicki, J Grembecka - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Substantial
research efforts have been made to develop new chemical entities with improved anticancer …

Copper-catalyzed selective oxidation of hydrazones through C (sp 3)–H functionalization

J Shen, X Jiang, H Wu, J Xu, Q Zhu… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and mild protocol for copper-catalyzed oxidation of hydrazones at the α-position
has been reported. Various substrates are compatible, providing the corresponding products …

Discovery of fast-acting dual-stage antimalarial agents by profiling pyridylvinylquinoline chemical space via copper catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadditions

G Huang, CM Solano, J Melendez, S Yu-Alfonzo… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To identity fast-acting, multistage antimalarial agents, a series of pyridylvinylquinoline-
triazole analogues have been synthesized via CuAAC. Most of the compounds display …

Thiourea Derivatives based on the dapsone‐naphthoquinone hybrid as anticancer and antimicrobial agents: in vitro screening and molecular docking studies

A Alimohammadi, H Mostafavi, M Mahdavi - ChemistrySelect, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
According to the structure‐activity relationships (SAR), we synthesized a series of novel
thiourea derivatives based on the dapsone‐naphthoquinone hybrid by the nucleophilic …

Syntheses and bioactivities of songorine derivatives as novel G protein-coupled receptor antagonists

J Wang, C Bian, Y Wang, Q Shen, B Bao, J Fan… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Songorine isolated from Aconitum brachypodum Diels possesses prominent activity of
inhibiting G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the early screening process. In this paper …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress on Structure and Anti-Gynecological Malignant Tumor of Shikonin

LN Ke, LQ Kong, HH Xu, QH Chen, Y Dong, B Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gynecological malignancy always endangers women's health. Shikonin is a
naphthoquinone compound with a variety of biological activities. Studies have shown that …

The Fundamental Role of Oxime and Oxime Ether Moieties in Improving the Physicochemical and Anticancer Properties of Structurally Diverse Scaffolds

J Fotie, CM Matherne, JB Mather… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present review explores the critical role of oxime and oxime ether moieties in enhancing
the physicochemical and anticancer properties of structurally diverse molecular frameworks …

In vitro antitumor activity of dialkylamine-1, 4-naphthoquinones toward human glioblastoma multiforme Cells

J Clementino-Neto, JKS da Silva… - New Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we evaluated the in vitro antitumor activity of dialkylamino-1, 4-
naphthoquinones (1a–n) toward human glioblastoma multiforme cells (GBM02). All the …