The multifactorial nature of Alzheimer's disease for developing potential therapeutics

M Carmo Carreiras, E Mendes… - Current topics in …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimerβs disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder with several target
proteins contributing to its aetiology. Pathological, genetic, biochemical, and modeling …

Benzofuran and indole: promising scaffolds for drug development in Alzheimer's disease

D Goyal, A Kaur, B Goyal - ChemMedChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no clinically
accepted treatment to cure or halt its progression. The Food and Drug Administration has …

Multi-target-directed ligands and other therapeutic strategies in the search of a real solution for Alzheimer's disease

A Agis-Torres, M Sollhuber… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The lack of an adequate therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) contributes greatly to the
continuous growing amount of papers and reviews, reflecting the important efforts made by …

Coumarins as cholinesterase inhibitors: A review

LG de Souza, MN Rennó, JD Figueroa-Villar - Chemico-biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The first report in literature of the isolation of coumarin was in the year 1820. After this report,
other papers were published demonstrating the isolation and synthesis of coumarin and …

The benzazole scaffold: a SWAT to combat Alzheimer's disease

S Noel, S Cadet, E Gras, C Hureau - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD) are drawing scientists'
attention within various fields, being one of the most serious diseases mankind will have to …

Multi-target directed drugs: a modern approach for design of new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

K Simone Tranches Dias… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder with a multi-faceted
pathogenesis. So far, the therapeutic paradigm “one-compound-one-target” has failed and …

Journey on naphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives: new insights in Alzheimer's disease

M Campora, V Francesconi, S Schenone, B Tasso… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by memory loss, cognitive impairment, and functional decline leading to dementia and …

Modulators of acetylcholinesterase activity: From Alzheimer's disease to anti-cancer drugs

T Lazarevic-Pasti, A Leskovac, T Momic… - Current medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is involved in the termination of impulse
transmission by rapid hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in numerous …

Synthesis and evaluation of multi-target-directed ligands against Alzheimer's disease based on the fusion of donepezil and ebselen

Z Luo, J Sheng, Y Sun, C Lu, J Yan, A Liu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A novel series of compounds obtained by fusing the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil and
the antioxidant ebselen were designed as multi-target-directed ligands against Alzheimer's …

The art of building multifunctional metal-binding agents from basic molecular scaffolds for the potential application in neurodegenerative diseases

C Rodríguez-Rodríguez, M Telpoukhovskaia… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
Metal-ion homeostasis in the brain is critical for many physiological functions, particularly in
the central nervous system where metals are essential in complex signaling pathways. Most …