Pharmacology of apocynin: a natural acetophenone

SR Savla, AP Laddha, YA Kulkarni - Drug metabolism reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Apocynin is a naturally occurring acetophenone, found in the roots of Apocynum
cannabinum and Picrorhiza kurroa. Various chemical and pharmaceutical modifications …

βIII-tubulin overexpression in cancer: Causes, consequences, and potential therapies

A Kanakkanthara, JH Miller - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2021 - Elsevier
Class III β-tubulin (βIII-tubulin) is frequently overexpressed in human tumors and is
associated with resistance to microtubule-targeting agents, tumor aggressiveness, and poor …

Rosmarinic acid exhibits anticancer effects via MARK4 inhibition

S Anwar, A Shamsi, M Shahbaaz, A Queen, P Khan… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microtubule affinity regulating kinase (MARK4) is a potential drug target for different types of
cancer as it controls the early step of cell division. In this study, we have screened a series of …

Ellagic acid controls cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells via inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 6

M Yousuf, A Shamsi, P Khan, M Shahbaaz… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6 (CDK6) plays an important role in cancer progression, and thus,
it is considered as an attractive drug target in anticancer therapeutics. This study presents an …

Discovery of Hordenine as a potential inhibitor of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 3: implication in lung Cancer therapy

S Anwar, T Mohammad, A Shamsi, A Queen… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Design and development of potential pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 3 (PDK3) inhibitors
have gained attention because of their possible therapeutic uses in lung cancer therapy. In …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of heterocyclic-fused pyrimidine chemotypes guided by X-ray crystal structure with potential antitumor and anti-multidrug …

L Tan, C Wu, J Zhang, Q Yu, X Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, a series of quinazoline and heterocyclic fused pyrimidine analogues were designed
and synthesized based on the X-ray co-crystal structure of lead compound 3a, showing …

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking analysis of phenstatin based indole linked chalcones as anticancer agents and tubulin polymerization …

J Kode, J Kovvuri, B Nagaraju, S Jadhav… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
A library of new phenstatin based indole linked chalcone compounds (9a-z and 9aa-ad)
were designed and synthesized. Of these, compound 9a with 1-methyl, 2-and 3-methoxy …

Identification of α-mangostin as a potential inhibitor of microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4

P Khan, A Queen, T Mohammad, Smita… - Journal of natural …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Microtubule affinity regulating kinase 4 (MARK4) is a potential drug target for neuronal
disorders and several types of cancers. Filtration of naturally occurring compound libraries …

Design, synthesis, and antitumor efficacy of substituted 2-amino [1, 2, 4] triazolopyrimidines and related heterocycles as dual inhibitors for microtubule polymerization …

L Chen, Y Hu, Z Lu, Z Lin, L Li, JQ Wu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Preclinical and clinical studies have demonstrated the synergistic effect of microtubule-
targeting agents in combination with Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) inhibitors, prompting the …

Drugs that changed society: microtubule-targeting agents belonging to taxanoids, macrolides and non-ribosomal peptides

SB Christensen - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
During a screening performed by the National Cancer Institute in the 1960s, the terpenoid
paclitaxel was discovered. Paclitaxel expanded the treatment options for breast, lung …