Advances in applying computer-aided drug design for neurodegenerative diseases

MM Salman, Z Al-Obaidi, P Kitchen, A Loreto… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease are incurable and affect millions of …

Natural and synthetic naphthoquinones as potential anti-infective agents

E Ortiz-Pérez, G Rivera, CO Salas… - Current Topics in …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Naphthoquinones are a class of aromatic compounds relevant for their
chemical characteristics, structural properties, and biological activity. These compounds are …

Design, synthesis and investigation of the mechanism of action underlying anti-leukemic effects of the quinolinequinones as LY83583 analogs

HI Ciftci, N Bayrak, M Yıldız, H Yıldırım, B Sever… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Literature conclusively shows that one of the quinolinequinone analogs (6-anilino-5, 8-
quinolinequinone), referred to as LY83583 hereafter, an inhibitor of guanylyl cyclase, was …

Structure based design, synthesis, and evaluation of anti-CML activity of the quinolinequinones as LY83583 analogs

N Bayrak, HI Ciftci, M Yıldız, H Yıldırım, B Sever… - Chemico-Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quinone-based small molecules are the promising structures for antiproliferative drug
design and can induce apoptosis in cancer cells. Among them, one of the …

On the investigation of hybrid quinones: synthesis, electrochemical studies and evaluation of trypanocidal activity

GAM Jardim, WJ Reis, MF Ribeiro, FM Ottoni… - RSC …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In our continued search for novel trypanocidal compounds, arylamine, chalcone, triazolic,
triazole–carbohydrate and chalcogenium derivatives containing a naphthoquinone scaffold …

Mode of action of p-quinone derivatives with trypanocidal activity studied by experimental and in silico models

A Ballesteros-Casallas, C Quiroga, C Ortiz… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Quinones are attractive pharmacological scaffolds for developing new agents for the
treatment of different transmissible and non-transmissible human diseases due to their …

New Amino Naphthoquinone Derivatives as Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Agents Targeting Trypanothione Reductase

C Espinosa-Bustos, M Ortiz Pérez… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
To develop novel chemotherapeutic alternatives for the treatment of Chagas disease, in this
study, a set of new amino naphthoquinone derivatives were synthesised and evaluated in …

Trypanothione reductase: a target for the development of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi drugs

K Vázquez, M Paulino, CO Salas… - Mini Reviews in …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background & Objective: Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is a major parasitic
disease in Latin America with restricted available treatment: nifurtimox and benznidazole …

New benzimidazolequinones as trypanosomicidal agents

C López-Lira, RA Tapia, A Herrera, M Lapier… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, the design and synthesis of new 2-phenyl (pyridinyl) benzimidazolequinones and
their 5-phenoxy derivatives as potential anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents are described. The …

Targets and patented drugs for chemotherapy of Chagas disease in the last 15 years-period

VG Duschak - Recent patents on anti-infective drug discovery, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The American trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, is a parasitic infection
typically spread by triatomine vectors affecting millions of people all over Latin America …