Tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site: a perspective of privileged structures

W Li, H Sun, S Xu, Z Zhu, J Xu - Future medicinal chemistry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The vital roles of microtubule in mitosis and cell division make it an attractive target for
antitumor therapy. Colchicine binding site of tubulin is one of the most important pockets that …

Recent advances of cytotoxic chalconoids targeting tubulin polymerization: Synthesis and biological activity

H Mirzaei, S Emami - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Since microtubules have an important role in mitosis and other vital cellular functions,
tubulin-targeting chemotherapy has been received growing attention in anticancer drug …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzofuran piperazine derivatives as potential anticancer agents

TJ Schumacher, N Sah, K Palle, J Rumbley… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work describes about the synthesis and evaluation of substituted benzofuran
piperazines as potential anticancer agents. The synthesized candidates have been …

[PDF][PDF] Antimitotic chalcones and related compounds as inhibitors of tubulin assembly

S Ducki - Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry, 2009 - researchgate.net
The development of chalcones as antimitotic agents has led to the design of other
analogues able to interact with tubulin and inhibit its assembly into microtubules. This …

Developments of combretastatin A-4 derivatives as anticancer agents

YS Shan, J Zhang, Z Liu, M Wang… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Tubulin protein is one of several members of a small family of globular proteins. It offers a
potential target for anticancer drug design and development. Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) is a …

Synthesis and molecular docking study of new benzofuran and furo [3, 2-g] chromone-based cytotoxic agents against breast cancer and p38α MAP kinase inhibitors

KM Amin, YM Syam, MM Anwar, HI Ali… - Bioorganic …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study deals with synthesis of a new set of benzofuran and 5 H-furo [3, 2-g] chromone
linked various heterocyclic functionalities using concise synthetic approaches aiming to gain …

Design, synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, and laccase catalysis effect of novel benzofuran–oxadiazole and benzofuran–triazole hybrids

S Faiz, AF Zahoor, M Ajmal, S Kamal… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Novel structural hybrids of benzofuran–oxadiazole and benzofuran–triazole have been
synthesized and evaluated for their potential against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel shikonin-benzo [b] furan derivatives as tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site

YY Shao, Y Yin, BP Lian, JF Leng, YZ Xia… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel series of shikonin-benzo [b] furan derivatives were designed and synthesized as
tubulin polymerization inhibitors, and their biological activities were evaluated. Most …

Recent development and SAR analysis of colchicine binding site inhibitors

J Chen, T Liu, X Dong, Y Hu - Mini reviews in medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Microtubules are cytoskeletal components that play important roles in a number of cellular
processes. Colchicine binding site inhibitors (CSIs) is one major class of tubulin …

Design of combretastatin A-4 analogs as tubulin targeted vascular disrupting agent with special emphasis on their cis-restricted isomers

H Rajak, P Kumar Dewangan, V Patel… - Current …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Tubulin protein is a highly imperative and feasible goal for anticancer drug discovery.
Hundreds of naturally occurring, semi synthetic and synthetic antitubulin agents have been …