The evolution of nucleoside analogue antivirals: A review for chemists and non-chemists. Part 1: Early structural modifications to the nucleoside scaffold

KL Seley-Radtke, MK Yates - Antiviral research, 2018 - Elsevier
This is the first of two invited articles reviewing the development of nucleoside-analogue
antiviral drugs, written for a target audience of virologists and other non-chemists, as well as …

Two decades of recent advances of Ugi reactions: synthetic and pharmaceutical applications

MA Fouad, H Abdel-Hamid, MS Ayoup - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) are powerful synthetic tools in which more than two
starting materials couple with each other to form multi-functionalized compounds in a one …

Stereoselective halogenation in natural product synthesis

W Chung, CD Vanderwal - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
At last count, nearly 5000 halogenated natural products have been discovered. In
approximately half of these compounds, the carbon atom to which the halogen is bound is …

C-Nucleosides to be revisited: Miniperspective

E De Clercq - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Two new C-nucleoside analogues, BCX4430, an imino-C-nucleoside, and GS-6620, a
phosphoramidate derivative of 1′-cyano-2′-C-methyl-4-aza-7, 9-dideazaadenosine C …

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids: occurrence, biology, and chemical synthesis

J Robertson, K Stevens - Natural Product Reports, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2013 up to the end of 2015 This review covers the isolation and structure of new
pyrrolizidines; pyrrolizidine biosynthesis; biological activity, including the occurrence of …

Design and synthesis of glycomimetics: Recent advances

A Tamburrini, C Colombo… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few decades, our understanding of glycan information‐encoding power has
notably increased, thus leading to a significant growth also in the design and synthesis of …

Glycomimetic-based pharmacological chaperones for lysosomal storage disorders: Lessons from Gaucher, G M1-gangliosidosis and Fabry diseases

EM Sánchez-Fernández, JMG Fernández… - Chemical …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are often caused by mutations that destabilize native
folding and impair the trafficking of enzymes, leading to premature endoplasmic reticulum …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in synthetic approaches for medicinal chemistry of C-nucleosides

K Temburnikar… - Beilstein Journal of Organic …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
C-nucleosides have intrigued biologists and medicinal chemists since their discovery in
1950's. In that regard, C-nucleosides and their synthetic analogues have resulted in …

Potent glycosidase inhibition with heterovalent fullerenes: Unveiling the binding modes triggering multivalent inhibition

M Abellán Flos, MI García Moreno… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosidases are key enzymes in metabolism, pathogenic/antipathogenic mechanisms and
normal cellular functions. Recently, a novel approach for glycosidase inhibition that conveys …

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

J Tamariz, E Burgueño-Tapia, MA Vázquez… - The alkaloids: chemistry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are isolated from plants and other sources.
The interest of the scientific community in these compounds owes itself to their high toxicity …