Fused xanthone derivatives as antiproliferative agents

N Pouli, P Marakos - Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Xanthones have been isolated from several natural sources, mainly belonging in Guttiferae
and Gentianaceae families as secondary plant metabolites and many of them are endowed …

Antiproliferative activity of Greek propolis

H Pratsinis, D Kletsas, E Melliou… - Journal of medicinal …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
The butanolic extract and the isolated chemical constituents, mainly diterpenes and
flavonoids, from Greek propolis have been tested for their cytostatic activities against human …

Routes to xanthones: an update on the synthetic approaches

C Miguel Goncalves Azevedo… - Current Organic …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Xanthones belong to a class of O-heterocycles which are known for their great variety of
biological/pharmacological activities. The xanthone scaffold can be considered as a …

Design, synthesis, structure-activity relationships and X-ray structural studies of novel 1-oxopyrimido [4, 5-c] quinoline-2-acetic acid derivatives as selective and potent …

I Crespo, J Gimenez-Dejoz, S Porte… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human aldose reductase (AKR1B1, AR) is a key enzyme of the polyol pathway, catalyzing
the reduction of glucose to sorbitol at high glucose concentrations, as those found in diabetic …

Synthesis and free radical scavenging activity of some new spiropyranocoumarins

V Panteleon, IK Kostakis, P Marakos, N Pouli… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2008 - Elsevier
A series of novel spiro-substituted 4-hydroxypyranocoumarins and their corresponding
dihydropyrano cis-diols has been synthesized. Among them the …

Tetrahydroxanthones by sequential Pd-catalyzed C− O and C− C bond construction and use in the identification of the “antiausterity” pharmacophore of the kigamicins

PA Turner, EM Griffin, JL Whatmore, M Shipman - Organic Letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
Readily available C-acylated cycloalkanones undergo efficient Pd catalyzed ring
closure/cross-coupling providing 7-substituted tetrahydroxanthones in a single operation …

Xanthone synthetic derivatives with high anticandidal activity and positive mycostatic selectivity index values

K Rząd, R Ioannidi, P Marakos, N Pouli, M Olszewski… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
With the current massive increases in drug-resistant microbial infection as well as the
significant role of fungal infections in the death toll of COVID-19, discovering new antifungals …

Indazoles: Synthesis and Bond-Forming Heterocyclization

AA Hassan, AA Aly, HN Tawfeek - Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Indazoles (azaindoles) are heterocyclic compounds structurally related to indoles and can
be viewed as indole isosteres. The indazole moiety is a 10-π electron aromatic heterocyclic …

The discovery of new cytotoxic pyrazolopyridine derivatives

V Giannouli, N Lougiakis, IK Kostakis, N Pouli… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract A number of new 3, 7-disubstituted pyrazolo [3, 4-c] pyridines have been designed
and synthesized from suitable 2-aminopyridines. The antiproliferative activity of the …

Bioactive xanthones with effect on P-glycoprotein and prediction of intestinal absorption

E Sousa, A Palmeira, AS Cordeiro, B Sarmento… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2013 - Springer
Our research group has been focusing in the discovery of potential antitumor small
molecules based on the xanthone scaffold. However, a serious obstacle in the field of …