Sulfur containing scaffolds in drugs: synthesis and application in medicinal chemistry

M Feng, B Tang, SH Liang… - Current topics in medicinal …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The impact of the development of sulfur therapeutics is instrumental to the evolution of the
pharmaceutical industry. Sulfur-derived functional groups can be found in a broad range of …

Quinolone hybrids and their anti-cancer activities: An overview

F Gao, X Zhang, T Wang, J **ao - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The global pandemic of drug-sensitive cancers and the increasing threat from drug-resistant
cancers make an urgent need to develop more effective anti-cancer candidates. Quinolone …

Positive allosteric mechanisms of adenosine A1 receptor-mediated analgesia

CJ Draper-Joyce, R Bhola, J Wang, A Bhattarai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) is a promising therapeutic target for non-opioid analgesic
agents to treat neuropathic pain,. However, development of analgesic orthosteric A1R …

Chalcone hybrids as potential anticancer agents: Current development, mechanism of action, and structure‐activity relationship

F Gao, G Huang, J **ao - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The continuous emergency of drug‐resistant cancers and the low specificity of anticancer
agents have been the major challenges in the control and treatment of cancer, making an …

Bisphenol A and its analogs: Do their metabolites have endocrine activity?

DG Skledar, LP Mašič - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2016 - Elsevier
Structural analogs of bisphenol A are commonly used as its alternatives in industrial and
commercial applications. Nevertheless, the question arises whether the use of other …

Co/NHPI-mediated aerobic oxygenation of benzylic C–H bonds in pharmaceutically relevant molecules

DP Hruszkewycz, KC Miles, OR Thiel, SS Stahl - Chemical science, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple cobalt (II)/N-hydroxyphthalimide catalyst system has been identified for selective
conversion of benzylic methylene groups in pharmaceutically relevant (hetero) arenes to the …

Improving drug design: an update on recent applications of efficiency metrics, strategies for replacing problematic elements, and compounds in nontraditional drug …

NA Meanwell - Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Drug discovery and development is a complex and lengthy enterprise that suffers from high
rates of candidate attrition at all stages of the process. The physical, biological, and …

One-pot synthesis of Mn3O4-coupled Ag2WO4 nanocomposite photocatalyst for enhanced photooxidative desulfurization of thiophene under visible light …

A Shawky, RM Mohamed, IA Mkhalid, NS Awwad… - Applied …, 2020 - Springer
The photooxidative desulfurization of thiophene (ThP) becomes a challenge in both industry
and environmental remediation. Herein, we synthesize a visible-light-responsive Ag 2 WO …

Biased ligands of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs): Structure–functional selectivity relationships (SFSRs) and therapeutic potential

L Tan, W Yan, JD McCorvy, J Cheng - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) signal through both G-protein-dependent and G-
protein-independent pathways, and β-arrestin recruitment is the most recognized one of the …

Reactive metabolites: current and emerging risk and hazard assessments

RA Thompson, EM Isin, MO Ogese… - Chemical Research …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Although idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions are rare, they are still a major concern to
patient safety. Reactive metabolites are widely accepted as playing a pivotal role in the …