Molecular hybridization as a tool for designing multitarget drug candidates for complex diseases

V Ivasiv, C Albertini, AE Gonçalves… - Current Topics in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Molecular hybridization is a well-exploited medicinal chemistry strategy that aims to combine
two molecules (or parts of them) in a new, single chemical entity. Recently, it has been …

Recent advances in the multitarget‐directed ligands approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

R Leon, AG Garcia… - Medicinal research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With 27 million cases worldwide documented in 2006, Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes
an overwhelming health, social, economic, and political problem to nations. Unless a new …

From combinations to multitarget‐directed ligands: A continuum in Alzheimer's disease polypharmacology

C Albertini, A Salerno… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The continued drug discovery failures in complex neurodegenerative diseases, including
Alzheimer's disease (AD), has raised questions about the classical paradigm “one‐drug …

The multifactorial nature of Alzheimer's disease for develo** 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 …

Tacrine derivatives and Alzheimer's disease

V Tumiatti, A Minarini, ML Bolognesi… - Current medicinal …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
To date, the pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has relied on
acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors (AChEIs) and, more recently, an N-methyl-D …

Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors as Disease-Modifying Therapies for Alzheimer s Disease

DM Torrero - Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry: Volume 7, 2015 - benthamdirect.com
The therapeutic arsenal for the treatment of Alzheimer s disease (AD) remains confined to a
group of four inhibitors of AChE and one NMDA receptor antagonist, which are used to …

Multi-target-directed drug design strategy: from a dual binding site acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to a trifunctional compound against Alzheimer's disease

ML Bolognesi, A Cavalli, L Valgimigli… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
A design strategy to convert a dual-binding site AChE inhibitor into triple functional
compounds with promising in vitro profile against multifactorial syndromes, such as …

Interactions of AChE with Aβ aggregates in Alzheimer's brain: therapeutic relevance of IDN 5706

FJ Carvajal, NC Inestrosa - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1. 1.7) plays a crucial role in the rapid hydrolysis of the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine, in the central and peripheral nervous system and might also …

Saffron as a source of novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: molecular docking and in vitro enzymatic studies

GD Geromichalos, FN Lamari… - Journal of agricultural …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Inhibitors of acetylcholine breakdown by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) constitute the main
therapeutic modality for Alzheimer's disease. In the search for natural products with …

Targeting acetylcholinesterase to treat neurodegeneration

U Holzgrabe, P Kapková, V Alptüzün… - Expert opinion on …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are often characterised by the
degeneration of the cholinergic system. Thus, the aim of many treatment regimens is to …