Amide bond bioisosteres: Strategies, synthesis, and successes

S Kumari, AV Carmona, AK Tiwari… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The amide functional group plays a key role in the composition of biomolecules, including
many clinically approved drugs. Bioisosterism is widely employed in the rational …

Alzheimer's disease: updated multi-targets therapeutics are in clinical and in progress

Z Sang, K Wang, J Dong, L Tang - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic and progressive brain neurodegenerative disease affecting
over 30 million people globally. Currently, no effective treatment is available due to multiple …

Protective effects of Indian spice curcumin against amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease

PH Reddy, M Manczak, X Yin… - Journal of …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
The purpose of our article is to assess the current understanding of Indian spice, curcumin,
against amyloid-ß (Aß)-induced toxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Natural …

[HTML][HTML] The biological activities of butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors

S Zhou, G Huang - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor is the first choice for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), but it has some defects, such as dose limitation and unsatisfactory long-term …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Chalcone and its analogs: Therapeutic and diagnostic applications in Alzheimer's disease

P Thapa, SP Upadhyay, WZ Suo, V Singh, P Gurung… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Chalcone [(E)-1, 3-diphenyl-2-propene-1-one], a small molecule with α, β
unsaturated carbonyl group is a precursor or component of many natural flavonoids and …

Donepezil-based multi-functional cholinesterase inhibitors for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Q Li, S He, Y Chen, F Feng, W Qu, H Sun - European journal of medicinal …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders in elderly
people. Considering the multifactorial nature of AD, the concept of multi-target-directed …

Bioactive aurones, indanones, and other hemiindigoid scaffolds: medicinal chemistry and photopharmacology perspectives

LM Lazinski, G Royal, M Robin… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hemiindigoids comprise a range of natural and synthetic scaffolds that share the same
aromatic hydrocarbon backbone as well as promising biological and optical properties. The …

Molecular hybridization as a tool in the design of multi-target directed drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases

VS Gontijo, FPD Viegas, CJC Ortiz… - Current …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Neurodegenerative Diseases (NDs) are progressive multifactorial neurological pathologies
related to neuronal impairment and functional loss from different brain regions. Currently, no …

Pivotal role of nitrogen heterocycles in Alzheimer's disease drug discovery

S Kumari, K Maddeboina, RD Bachu, SHS Boddu… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a detrimental neurodegenerative disease that progressively
worsens with time. Clinical options are limited and only provide symptomatic relief to AD …