Two decades of recent advances of Ugi reactions: synthetic and pharmaceutical applications

MA Fouad, H Abdel-Hamid, MS Ayoup - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) are powerful synthetic tools in which more than two
starting materials couple with each other to form multi-functionalized compounds in a one …

Caspase‐3: A primary target for natural and synthetic compounds for cancer therapy

P Yadav, R Yadav, S Jain… - Chemical biology & drug …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Caspases, a group of protease enzymes (cysteine proteases), exist as inactive zymogens in
the cells and execute apoptosis (programmed cell death). Caspase‐3, an executioner …

Multicomponent reaction-assisted drug discovery: A time-and cost-effective green approach speeding up identification and optimization of anticancer drugs

G Graziano, A Stefanachi, M Contino… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) have emerged as a powerful strategy in synthetic organic
chemistry due to their widespread applications in drug discovery and development. MCRs …

The structure–activity correlation in the family of dicationic imidazolium surfactants: Antimicrobial properties and cytotoxic effect

AD Voloshina, SK Gumerova, АS Sapunova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The development of new effective microbicide surfactants and the search for the
structure–biological activity relationship is an important and promising problem. Surfactants …

Molecular hybridization design and synthesis of novel spirooxindole-based MDM2 inhibitors endowed with BCL2 signaling attenuation; a step towards the next …

G Lotfy, YMA Aziz, MM Said, H El Sayed, H El Sayed… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the achieved progress in developing efficient MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction
inhibitors (MDM2 inhibitors), the acquired resistance of tumor cells to such p53 activators …

Antimicrobial and cytotoxic effects of ammonium derivatives of diterpenoids steviol and isosteviol

AD Voloshina, AS Sapunova, NV Kulik… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of several ammonium derivatives of diterpenoids steviol
and isosteviol have been investigated in vitro. The results have showed that these …

Two decades of recent advances of Passerini reactions: synthetic and potential pharmaceutical applications

Y Wahby, H Abdel-Hamid, MS Ayoup - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Passerini three-component reactions (P-3CRs) based on isonitriles are impressive synthetic
protocols in which a number of starting materials react with each other to provide poly …

Structure-based design and optimization of pyrimidine-and 1, 2, 4-triazolo [4, 3-a] pyrimidine-based matrix metalloproteinase-10/13 inhibitors via Dimroth …

LF Awad, M Teleb, NA Ibrahim, MM Abu-Serie… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, interest in matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)-10 and-13 has been revitalized with
the growing knowledge on their relevance within the MMPs network and significance of their …

Microdroplet Chemistry Accelerating a Three-Component Passerini Reaction for α-Acyloxy Carboxamide Synthesis

Y Wu, H Cheng, J Li, J Liu, J Sun - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
α-Acyloxy carboxamides are important multifunctional natural products that show bioactive
and pharmacological activities. Traditional three-component Passerini reactions among …

Caspase-3 activators as anticancer agents

N Srivastava, AK Saxena - Current Protein and Peptide Science, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The cancer is still a major cause of death worldwide. Among different targets to
design anticancer agents, caspase-3 is an important target as its cleavage and activation …