Azo dyes, compounds having double bond linkage between two nitrogen atoms, are widely
found as a main scaffold in a massive library of organic species that exhibit promising …

As a result of its ability to target certain drugs and/or peptides to the colonic region for the
treatment of several diseases while avoiding systemic absorption and potential side effects …

Azo dyes are widely used in textile, fiber, cosmetic, leather, paint and printing industries.
Besides their characteristic coloring function, azo compounds are reported as antibacterial …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and the fourth most common
deadly cancer worldwide. After treatment with curative intent recurrence rates vary with …

Azo molecules possess the characteristic azo bond (-N= N-) and are considered fascinating
motifs in organic chemistry. Since the last century, these brightly colored compounds have …

The use of nonfluorescent azo dyes as dark quenchers in activatable optical bioprobes
based on the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) mechanism and designed to target …

Azo compounds are important class of compounds and have verstile applications in various
fields of life. Because of their broad range of applications, it is necessary to have versatile …

Azoreductases are flavoenzymes that have been characterized in a range of prokaryotes
and eukaryotes. Bacterial azoreductases are associated with the activation of two classes of …

Colon-specific drug delivery is critical for treating diseases of colon, such as colon cancer,
amoebiasis, irritable bowel syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease. This study reviews …

A single outcome in a biological procedure at the time of cancer therapy is due to multiple
changes happening simultaneously. Hence to mimic such complex biological processes, an …