Piperazine scaffold: A remarkable tool in generation of diverse pharmacological agents

M Shaquiquzzaman, G Verma, A Marella… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Piperazine is one of the most sought heterocyclics for the development of new drug
candidates. This ring can be traced in a number of well established, commercially available …

Recent advances in bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors

BJ Bradbury, MJ Pucci - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2008 - Elsevier
Bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors continue to be actively developed as clinical antibacterial
agents, largely owing to the success of the currently marketed inhibitors, the quinolones, and …

Synthesis and biological assessment of ciprofloxacin-derived 1, 3, 4-thiadiazoles as anticancer agents

H Ahadi, M Shokrzadeh, Z Hosseini-Khah… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
The quinolone-3-carboxylic acid scaffold is essential structure for antibacterial activity of
fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin. Modification of 3-carboxylic functionality in this …

Synthesis of ciprofloxacin-based compounds: A review

R Akhtar, M Yousaf, SAR Naqvi, M Irfan… - Synthetic …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that plays an important role in inhibiting the
growth of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Medicinal chemists are …

Fluoroquinolones tackling antimicrobial resistance: Rational design, mechanistic insights and comparative analysis of norfloxacin vs ciprofloxacin derivatives

A Khanna, N Kumar, R Rana, A Sharma, H Kaur… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance poses a global health concern and develops a need to discover
novel antimicrobial agents or targets to tackle this problem. Fluoroquinolone (FN), a DNA …

Synthesis and antibacterial activity of nitroaryl thiadiazole–gatifloxacin hybrids

S Jazayeri, MH Moshafi, L Firoozpour, S Emami… - European journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
A number of gatifloxacin analogues containing a nitroaryl-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole moiety attached
to the piperazine ring at C-7 position were prepared and evaluated as antibacterial agents …

Synthetic strategies toward the synthesis of enoxacin-, levofloxacin-, and gatifloxacin-based compounds: A review

AF Zahoor, M Yousaf, R Siddique, S Ahmad… - Synthetic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Enoxacin, levofloxacin, and gatifloxacin represent one of the most important prerogative
scaffolds in drug development. They possess broad spectrum antimicrobial and anti …

Synthesis, in vitro potency of inhibition, enzyme kinetics and in silico studies of quinoline-based α-glucosidase inhibitors

MK Ghomi, N Dastyafteh, MN Montazer, M Noori… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial global health disorder that is rising at an alarming rate.
One effective therapeutic approach for controlling hyperglycemia associated with type-2 …

Sparfloxacin–metal complexes as antifungal agents–Their synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activities

N Sultana, MS Arayne, S Gul, S Shamim - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2010 - Elsevier
Metal complexes with the third-generation quinolone antibacterial agent sparfloxacin (SPFX)
or 5-amino-1-cyclopropyl-7-(cis-3, 5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)-6, 8, di-fluoro-1-4-dihydro-4-oxo …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the Synthesis and Biological Applications of Enoxacin-Based Compounds

G Suleiman, N El Brahmi, G Guillaumet, S El Kazzouli - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive review of advances in the synthesis and biological applications of
enoxacin (1, referred to as ENX)-based compounds is presented. ENX, a second-generation …