State-of-the-art in ligand-based virtual screening

P Ripphausen, B Nisius, J Bajorath - Drug discovery today, 2011 - Elsevier
Virtual screening is a much discussed topic in chemoinformatics and medicinal chemistry,
and widely applied in pharmaceutical research. Here, we provide an in-depth analysis of …

Recent advances in the transition-metal-free synthesis of quinoxalines

B Borah, LR Chowhan - RSC advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Quinoxalines, also known as benzo [a] pyrazines, constitute an important class of nitrogen-
containing heterocyclic compounds as a result of their widespread prevalence in natural …

Hierarchical virtual screening approaches in small molecule drug discovery

A Kumar, KYJ Zhang - Methods, 2015 - Elsevier
Virtual screening has played a significant role in the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of
therapeutic targets in last two decades. Various ligand and structure-based virtual screening …

A novel approach for predicting P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) inhibition using molecular interaction fields

F Broccatelli, E Carosati, A Neri, M Frosini… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - ACS Publications
P-glycoprotein (Pgp or ABCB1) is an ABC transporter protein involved in intestinal
absorption, drug metabolism, and brain penetration, and its inhibition can seriously alter a …

Thymoquinone‐Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier Exhibited Cytotoxicity towards Breast Cancer Cell Lines (MDA‐MB‐231 and MCF‐7) and Cervical Cancer Cell …

WK Ng, L Saiful Yazan, LH Yap… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thymoquinone (TQ) has been shown to exhibit antitumor properties. Thymoquinone‐loaded
nanostructured lipid carrier (TQ‐NLC) was developed to improve the bioavailability and …

Thymoquinone from Nigella sativa was more potent than cisplatin in eliminating of SiHa cells via apoptosis with down-regulation of Bcl-2 protein

WK Ng, LS Yazan, M Ismail - Toxicology in vitro, 2011 - Elsevier
Thymoquinone (TQ), the active constituent of Nigella sativa or black cumin exhibited
cytotoxic effects in several cancer cell lines. In this study, the cytotoxicity of TQ in human …

BioGPS: navigating biological space to predict polypharmacology, off‐targeting, and selectivity

L Siragusa, S Cross, M Baroni… - Proteins: Structure …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The structural comparison of protein binding sites is increasingly important in drug design;
identifying structurally similar sites can be useful for techniques such as drug repurposing …

Inside the biochemical pathways of thymidylate synthase perturbed by anticancer drugs: Novel strategies to overcome cancer chemoresistance

L Taddia, D D'Arca, S Ferrari, C Marraccini… - Drug Resistance …, 2015 - Elsevier
Our current understanding of the mechanisms of action of antitumor agents and the precise
mechanisms underlying drug resistance is that these two processes are directly linked …

GRID-based three-dimensional pharmacophores I: FLAPpharm, a novel approach for pharmacophore elucidation

S Cross, M Baroni, L Goracci… - Journal of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Pharmacophore elucidation approaches are routinely used in drug discovery, primarily with
the aim of determining the three-dimensional arrangement of common features shared by …

Isozyme-Specific Ligands for O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase, a Novel Antibiotic Target

F Spyrakis, R Singh, P Cozzini, B Campanini, E Salsi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The last step of cysteine biosynthesis in bacteria and plants is catalyzed by O-acetylserine
sulfhydrylase. In bacteria, two isozymes, O-acetylserine sulfhydrylase-A and O-acetylserine …