Recent advances in the application of Diels–Alder reactions involving o-quinodimethanes, aza-o-quinone methides and o-quinone methides in natural product total …

B Yang, S Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, transient and highly reactive ortho-quinodimethanes (o-QDMs), ortho-
quinone methides (o-QMs) and aza-ortho-quinone methides (aza-o-QMs) have attracted …

Therapeutic journery of nitrogen mustard as alkylating anticancer agents: Historic to future perspectives

RK Singh, S Kumar, DN Prasad… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is considered as one of the most serious health problems today. The discovery of
nitrogen mustard as an alkylating agent in 1942, opened a new era in the cancer …

Beyond C, H, O, and N! Analysis of the elemental composition of US FDA approved drug architectures: Miniperspective

BR Smith, CM Eastman… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The diversity of elements among US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved
pharmaceuticals is analyzed and reported, with a focus on atoms other than carbon …

Alkaloids and isoprenoids modification by copper (I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition (click chemistry): toward new functions and molecular architectures

K Kacprzak, I Skiera, M Piasecka, Z Paryzek - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Despite enormous progress in the field of the synthetic chemistry involving, for example,
catalytic and combinatorial synthesis of a large libraries of compounds, multicomponent …

Comprehensive insights into medicinal research on imidazole-based supramolecular complexes

SR Li, YM Tan, L Zhang, CH Zhou - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The electron-rich five-membered aromatic aza-heterocyclic imidazole, which contains two
nitrogen atoms, is an important functional fragment widely present in a large number of …

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) decorated graphene oxide nanosheets for controlled release curcumin delivery

J Charmi, H Nosrati, JM Amjad, R Mohammadkhani… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Nowadays, the use of nanostructures in various medical and biological fields such as drug
delivery in cancer treatment is increasing. Among the nanostructures, graphene oxide (GO) …

Asymmetric total synthesis of twin bufogargarizins A and B

LP Zhong, R Feng, JJ Wang, CC Li - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The first and asymmetric total synthesis of bufogargarizins A and B, two unusual and highly
oxygenated twin steroids with rearranged A/B rings, was achieved. The synthetically …

Novel diosgenin derivatives containing 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole/thiadiazole moieties as potential antitumor agents: Design, synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation

J Zhang, X Wang, J Yang, L Guo, X Wang… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Diosgenin, a naturally occurring steroidal saponin, has been confirmed to possess potent
anticancer properties. In the current work, two series of novel diosgenin derivatives bearing …

Pegylated folate and peptide-decorated graphene oxide nanovehicle for in vivo targeted delivery of anticancer drugs and therapeutic self-monitoring

J Tian, Y Luo, L Huang, Y Feng, H Ju, BY Yu - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work reports a graphene oxide-based nanovehicle with conjugation of pegylated folate
for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs and fluorescein-labeled peptide for therapeutic self …

Cu(I)-Catalyzed 6-endo-dig Cyclization of Terminal Alkynes, 2-Bromoaryl Ketones, and Amides toward 1-Naphthylamines: Applications and Photophysical Properties

L Su, T Ren, J Dong, L Liu, S Xie, L Yuan… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Functional group substituted 1-naphthylamines, especially N-methylated ones, play
important roles in numerous chemical and biological processes. However, these …