The alpha keto amide moiety as a privileged motif in medicinal chemistry: current insights and emerging opportunities

M Robello, E Barresi, E Baglini, S Salerno… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the years, researchers in drug discovery have taken advantage of the use of privileged
structures to design innovative hit/lead molecules. The α-ketoamide motif is found in many …

Antimicrobial activity of natural and semi-synthetic carbazole alkaloids

YY Ding, H Zhou, BQ Zhang, ZJ Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the first natural carbazole alkaloid, murrayanine, was isolated from Mwraya Spreng,
carbazole alkaloid derivatives have been widely concerned for their anti-tumor, anti-viral …

Synthesis and investigations into the anticancer and antibacterial activity studies of β-carboline chalcones and their bromide salts

POV Reddy, M Hridhay, K Nikhil, S Khan… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
A series of sixteen β-carbolines, bearing chalcone moiety at C-1 position, were prepared
from easily accessible 1-acetyl-β-carboline and various aldehydes under basic conditions …

Synthesis of carbazole derivatives containing chalcone analogs as non-intercalative topoisomerase II catalytic inhibitors and apoptosis inducers

PH Li, H Jiang, WJ Zhang, YL Li, MC Zhao… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Novel topoisomerase II (Topo II) inhibitors have gained considerable interest for the
development of anticancer agents. In this study, a series of carbazole derivatives containing …

Synthesis, evaluation and molecular modelling studies of 2-(carbazol-3-yl)-2-oxoacetamide analogues as a new class of potential pancreatic lipase inhibitors

SNC Sridhar, G Ginson, POV Reddy, MP Tantak… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of twenty four 2-(carbazol-3-yl)-2-oxoacetamide analogues were synthesized,
characterized and evaluated for their pancreatic lipase (PL) inhibitory activity. Porcine PL …

Progress and development of C-3, C-6, and N-9 positions substituted carbazole integrated molecular hybrid molecules as potential anticancer agents

PM Luthra, N Kumar - Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
The carbazole skeleton, a key structural motif occurring naturally or chemically synthesized,
showed various biological activities. Molecular hybridization based on the combination of …

Pyranocarbazole derivatives as potent anti-cancer agents triggering tubulin polymerization stabilization induced activation of caspase-dependent apoptosis and …

OPS Patel, A Arun, PK Singh, D Saini… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A series of new pyranocarbazole derivatives were synthesized via semi-synthetic
modification of koenimbine (1a) and koenidine (1b) isolated from the leaves of Murraya …

Antibacterial activity of high concentrations of carvedilol against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

K Zawadzka, P Bernat, A Felczak, S Różalska… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Many drugs used to treat non-infectious diseases have also shown excellent antibacterial
activity or the ability to enhance the action of antibiotics. The aim of this study was to …

Indol-3-ylglyoxylamide as Privileged Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry

E Barresi, M Robello, E Baglini, V Poggetti, M Viviano… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, indolylglyoxylamide-based derivatives have received much attention due to
their application in drug design and discovery, leading to the development of a wide array of …

Design, synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity studies of novel β-carbolinium bromides

POV Reddy, S Mishra, MP Tantak, K Nikhil… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of novel β-carbolinium bromides has been synthesized from easily accessible β-
carbolines and 1-aryl-2-bromoethanones. The newly synthesized compounds were …