The therapeutic journey of benzimidazoles: A review

Y Bansal, O Silakari - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Presence of benzimidazole nucleus in numerous categories of therapeutic agents such as
antimicrobials, antivirals, antiparasites, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, proton …

Opportunities and challenges in developing stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase-1 inhibitors as novel therapeutics for human disease: miniperspective

Z Zhang, NA Dales, MD Winther - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
This review provides an overview of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase-1 (SCD1) as a novel
therapeutic target for metabolic disorders and other indications. Target validation is …

Selective Synthesis of Benzimidazoles from o-Phenylenediamine and Aldehydes Promoted by Supported Gold Nanoparticles

MA Tzani, C Gabriel, IN Lykakis - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
We investigated the catalytic efficacy of supported gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) towards the
selective reaction between o-phenylenediamine and aldehydes that yields 2-substituted …

Non-clinical pharmacology of YTX-7739: a clinical stage stearoyl-CoA desaturase inhibitor being developed for Parkinson's disease

DF Tardiff, M Lucas, I Wrona, B Chang, CY Chung… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is a potential therapeutic target for Parkinson's and related
neurodegenerative diseases. SCD inhibition ameliorates neuronal toxicity caused by …

Benzimidazole derivatives endowed with potent antileishmanial activity

M Tonelli, E Gabriele, F Piazza, N Basilico… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Two sets of benzimidazole derivatives were synthesised and tested in vitro for activity
against promastigotes of Leishmania tropica and L. infantum. Most of the tested compounds …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated bottom-up drug design platform enables the discovery of novel stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 inhibitors for cancer therapy

CA von Roemeling, TR Caulfield, L Marlow, I Bok… - Oncotarget, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here we present an innovative computational-based drug discovery strategy, coupled with
machine-based learning and functional assessment, for the rational design of novel small …

Discovery of potent and liver-targeted stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) inhibitors in a bispyrrolidine series

N Lachance, Y Gareau, S Guiral, Z Huang… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2012 - Elsevier
Inhibition of stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) activity represents a potential novel mechanism
for the treatment of metabolic disorders including obesity and type II diabetes. To circumvent …

[PDF][PDF] Applying nanotechnology in the synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives: a pharmacological approach

A El-Sayed, S Abu-Bakr, S Swelam… - Biointerface …, 2022 - biointerfaceresearch.com
Benzimidazoles are classified as a category of heterocyclic compounds. They possess an
essential structural feature of 6-membered benzene fused to 5-membered imidazole moiety …

An overview of patented small molecule stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase inhibitors (2009–2013)

DA Powell - Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Stearoyl coenzyme-A desaturase (SCD) is a critical lipogenic enzyme that
converts a range of unsaturated lipids to their corresponding monounsaturated fatty acids …

Discovery of novel SCD1 inhibitors: 5-alkyl-4, 5-dihydro-3H-spiro [1, 5-benzoxazepine-2, 4′-piperidine] analogs

Y Uto, Y Ueno, Y Kiyotsuka, Y Miyazawa… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Expansion of the 6-membered ring and subsequent fine-tuning of the newly obtained 7-
membered spiropiperidine structure resulted in the discovery of a series of novel and potent …