Disulfiram: mechanisms, applications, and challenges

J Lanz, N Biniaz-Harris, M Kuvaldina, S Jain, K Lewis… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Since disulfiram's discovery in the 1940s and its FDA approval for alcohol use
disorder, other indications have been investigated. This review describes potential clinical …

Synthesis, DFT studies, molecular docking and biological activity evaluation of thiazole-sulfonamide derivatives as potent Alzheimer's inhibitors

S Khan, H Ullah, M Taha, F Rahim, M Sarfraz, R Iqbal… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease is a major public brain condition that has resulted in many deaths, as
revealed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Conventional Alzheimer's treatments …

The mechanisms of zinc action as a potent anti-viral agent: the clinical therapeutic implication in COVID-19

AS Prasad, A Malysa, G Bepler, A Fribley, B Bao - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pandemic of COVID-19 was caused by a novel coronavirus termed as SARS-CoV2 and
is still ongoing with high morbidity and mortality rates in the whole world. The pathogenesis …

Synthesis, molecular docking and enzyme inhibitory approaches of some new chalcones engrafted pyrazole as potential antialzheimer, antidiabetic and antioxidant …

MS Islam, AM Al-Majid, EN Sholkamy, S Yousuf… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
About 25 chalcones engrafted pyrazole scaffold combined with benzothiophene and indole
moieties 5a-y were designed and constructed in two steps using readily available acetyl …

Multipotent cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: Synthesis, biological analysis and molecular docking study of benzimidazole-based …

R Hussain, H Ullah, F Rahim, M Sarfraz, M Taha… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Twenty-four analogues of benzimidazole-based thiazoles (1–24) were synthesized and
assessed for their in vitro acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) …

Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking study of indazole based schiff base analogues as new anti-diabetic inhibitors

M Taha, SJ Gilani, I Kazmi, F Rahim, B Adalat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Indazole-based Schiff base analogues (1–27) were synthesized by a three-step reaction
pathway starting from 1-methyl-1H-indazole-3-carboxylic acid as the basic compound. The …

Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking study of oxindole based chalcone analogues as potent anti-Alzheimer agents

M Taha, H Sadia, F Rahim, MI Khan, S Hayat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the goal of developing potential cholinesterase pharmaco-therapeutics, a new class of
thirty analogs oxindole-based chalcone were synthesized by reacting nitro substituted …

Bioevaluation of synthetic pyridones as dual inhibitors of α‐amylase and α‐glucosidase enzymes and potential antioxidants

F Saleem, KM Khan, N Ullah, M Özil… - Archiv der …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a library of novel pyridone derivatives 1–34 was designed, synthesized, and
evaluated for α‐amylase and α‐glucosidase inhibitory as well as antioxidant activities …

Deciphering the mechanism of gilteritinib overcoming lorlatinib resistance to the double mutant I1171N/F1174I in anaplastic lymphoma kinase

S Liang, Q Wang, X Qi, Y Liu, G Li, S Lu… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is validated as a therapeutic molecular target in multiple
malignancies, such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the feasibility of …

Design, Synthesis, In Vitro Biological Evaluation and In Silico Molecular Docking Study of Benzimidazole-Based Oxazole Analogues: A Promising …

R Hussain, F Rahim, H Ullah, S Khan, M Sarfraz… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a degenerative neurological condition that severely affects the
elderly and is clinically recognised by a decrease in cognition and memory. The treatment of …