Highlights on steroidal arylidene derivatives as a source of pharmacologically active compounds: A review

V Brito, G Alves, P Almeida, S Silvestre - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Steroids constitute a unique class of chemical compounds, playing an important role in
physiopathological processes, and have high pharmacological interest. Additionally …

Synthesis of 3β, 7α, 11α-trihydroxy-pregn-21-benzylidene-5-en-20-one derivatives and their cytotoxic activities

LH Shan, HM Liu, KX Huang, GF Dai, C Cao… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2009 - Elsevier
A series of novel 3β, 7α, 11α-trihydroxy-pregn-21-benzylidene-5-en-20-one derivatives were
synthesized and characterized by NMR, HRMS. The pregnenolone (1) was first …

Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel 16-imidazolyl substituted steroidal derivatives possessing potent diversified pharmacological properties

R Bansal, S Guleria, S Thota, SL Bodhankar… - Steroids, 2012 - Elsevier
As a part of our investigations into the structural–activity relationship studies of a novel class
of medicinally active 16-substituted steroids, several new 16-imidazolyl substituted steroidal …

Investigations on 16-arylideno steroids as a new class of neuroprotective agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

R Singh, R Bansal - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2017 - ACS Publications
Neuroinflammatory mechanisms mediated by activated glial and cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β)
might contribute to neuronal degeneration leading to Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's …

The Use of Switchable Polarity Solvents for the Synthesis of 16‐Arylidene Steroids via Claisen–Schmidt Condensation

D Ispán, E Szánti‐Pintér, M Papp… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Switchable polarity recyclable solvent mixtures were applied as reaction medium and
catalyst to replace the conventional base catalysts in the Claisen–Schmidt condensation of …

[HTML][HTML] Novel 4-azaandrostenes as prostate cancer cell growth inhibitors: Synthesis, antiproliferative effects, and molecular docking studies

V Brito, AO Santos, P Almeida… - Comptes …, 2019 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé In this study, synthesis, structural characterization, molecular docking studies, and
antiproliferative effects in four different cell lines of several novel 16-arylidene-4-azaandrost …

Synthesis of 16E-[3-methoxy-4-(2-aminoethoxy) benzylidene] androstene derivatives as potent cytotoxic agents

R Bansal, S Guleria - Steroids, 2008 - Elsevier
The synthesis and cytotoxic studies of a new series of 16E-arylidene androstene derivatives
are reported herein. The impact of incorporating bis-tertiary amino functionalities in the …

Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of some 16E-arylidene androstane derivatives as potential anticancer agents

H Guo, H Wu, J Yang, Y Xiao, HJ Altenbach, G Qiu… - Steroids, 2011 - Elsevier
A series of new 16E-arylidene androstane derivatives were synthesized and characterized.
The new compounds were screened for their anticancer activities against the human cancer …

Synthesis and antileukemic activity of 16E-[4-(2-carboxy) ethoxybenzylidene]-androstene amides

R Bansal, PC Acharya - Steroids, 2012 - Elsevier
In order to determine the structural requirements for cytotoxicity against various tumor cell
lines, a new series of 16E-arylidene androstene amides with varying degrees of …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 16E-arylidenosteroids as cytotoxic and anti-aromatase agents

R Bansal, S Guleria, S Thota, RW Hartmann… - Chemical and …, 2011 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Taking into consideration the structural requirements for cytotoxicity and aromatase
inhibition, several new 16E-arylidenosteroidal derivatives have been prepared and …