Antimalarial drug discovery: Progress and approaches

JL Siqueira-Neto, KJ Wicht, K Chibale… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent antimalarial drug discovery has been a race to produce new medicines that
overcome emerging drug resistance, whilst considering safety and improving dosing …

The Rise of Boron-Containing Compounds: Advancements in Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, and Emerging Pharmacology

RJ Grams, WL Santos, IR Scorei, A Abad-García… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Boron-containing compounds (BCC) have emerged as important pharmacophores. To date,
five BCC drugs (including boronic acids and boroles) have been approved by the FDA for …

New developments in anti-malarial target candidate and product profiles

JN Burrows, S Duparc, WE Gutteridge… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
A decade of discovery and development of new anti-malarial medicines has led to a
renewed focus on malaria elimination and eradication. Changes in the way new anti …

The boron advantage: the evolution and diversification of boron's applications in medicinal chemistry

K Messner, B Vuong, GK Tranmer - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, the history of boron's early use in drugs, and the history of the use of boron
functional groups in medicinal chemistry applications are discussed. This includes …

Boron in drug design: Recent advances in the development of new therapeutic agents

GFS Fernandes, WA Denny, JL Dos Santos - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Advances in the field of boron chemistry have expanded the application of this element in
Medicinal Chemistry. Boron-containing compounds represent a new class for medicinal …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as therapeutic targets

NH Kwon, PL Fox, S Kim - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes for protein synthesis with
evolutionarily conserved enzymatic mechanisms. Despite their similarity across organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in the medicinal chemistry of single boron atom-containing compounds

S Song, P Gao, L Sun, D Kang, J Kongsted… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Various boron-containing drugs have been approved for clinical use over the past two
decades, and more are currently in clinical trials. The increasing interest in boron-containing …

Boron-Containing heterocycles as promising pharmacological agents

BC Das, MA Shareef, S Das, NK Nandwana… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The incorporation of the “magic” boron atom has been established as an important new
strategy in the field of medicinal chemistry as boron compounds have been shown to form …

A potent antimalarial benzoxaborole targets a Plasmodium falciparum cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor homologue

E Sonoiki, CL Ng, MCS Lee, D Guo, YK Zhang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Benzoxaboroles are effective against bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens. We report
potent activity of the benzoxaborole AN3661 against Plasmodium falciparum laboratory …

Targeting aminoacyl tRNA synthetases for antimalarial drug development

SC Xie, MDW Griffin, EA Winzeler… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Infections caused by malaria parasites place an enormous burden on the world's poorest
communities. Breakthrough drugs with novel mechanisms of action are urgently needed. As …