Anticancer potential of alkaloids: a key emphasis to colchicine, vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine, vinorelbine and vincamine

P Dhyani, C Quispe, E Sharma, A Bahukhandi… - Cancer cell …, 2022 - Springer
Cancer, one of the leading illnesses, accounts for about 10 million deaths worldwide. The
treatment of cancer includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and drug therapy …

Colchicine alkaloids and synthetic analogues: current progress and perspectives

IA Gracheva, ES Shchegravina… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Colchicine, the main alkaloid of Colchicum autumnale, is one of the most famous natural
molecules. Although colchicine belongs to the oldest drugs (in use since 1500 BC), its …

Potential anticancer role of colchicine-based derivatives: an overview

A Kumar, PR Sharma, DM Mondhe - Anti-cancer drugs, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Colchicine, the main alkaloid of the poisonous plant meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale
L.), is a classical drug used for the treatment of gout and familial Mediterranean fever …

Piperazine skeleton in the structural modification of natural products: a review

RH Zhang, HY Guo, H Deng, J Li… - Journal of enzyme …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Piperazine moiety is a cyclic molecule containing two nitrogen atoms in positions 1 and 4, as
well as four carbon atoms. Piperazine is one of the most sought heterocyclics for the …

ABC transporters: regulation and association with multidrug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal carcinoma

MP Ceballos, JP Rigalli, LI Ceré… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
For most cancers, the treatment of choice is still chemotherapy despite its severe adverse
effects, systemic toxicity and limited efficacy due to the development of multidrug resistance …

Novel natural product-and privileged scaffold-based tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site

M Dong, F Liu, H Zhou, S Zhai, B Yan - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Tubulin inhibitors are effective anticancer agents, however, there are many limitations to the
use of available tubulin inhibitors in the clinic, such as multidrug resistance, severe side …

Tubulin inhibitors binding to colchicine-site: a review from 2015 to 2019

LY Xia, YL Zhang, R Yang, ZC Wang… - Current medicinal …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Due to the three domains of the colchicine-site which is conducive to the combination with
small molecule compounds, colchicine-site on the tubulin has become a common target for …

Antiproliferative potential of gloriosine: A lead for anticancer drug development

B Goel, B Dey, E Chatterjee, N Tripathi, N Bhardwaj… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gloriosine, a colchicine-like natural product, is widely obtained from Gloriosa superba roots.
Despite having remarkable anticancer potential, colchicine could not pave its way to the …

Apoptotic Potential and Antitumor Efficacy of Trilliumoside A: A New Steroidal Saponin Isolated from Rhizomes of Trillium govanianum

M Tabassum, BA Lone, MN Bhat, A Bhushan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Natural product-derived molecules exhibit potential as anticancer agents. Trilliumoside A, a
new steroidal saponin, was obtained from rhizomes of Trillium govanianum, and its …

Recent developments on (−)-colchicine derivatives: Synthesis and structure-activity relationship

AA Ghawanmeh, HM Al-Bajalan, MM Mackeen… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Colchicine, an anti-microtubulin polymerization agent, is a valuable medication and the drug
of choice for gout, Behçet's disease and familial Mediterranean fever. It has a narrow …