Therapeutic potential of nucleic acid‐binding isoquinoline alkaloids: Binding aspects and implications for drug design

K Bhadra, GS Kumar - Medicinal research reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Isoquinoline alkaloids represent a group of natural products with remarkable importance in
the contemporary biomedical research and drug discovery programs. Several members of …

Molecular aspects on the interaction of protoberberine, benzophenanthridine, and aristolochia group of alkaloids with nucleic acid structures and biological …

M Maiti, GS Kumar - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Alkaloids occupy an important position in chemistry and pharmacology. Among the various
alkaloids, berberine and coralyne of the protoberberine group, sanguinarine of the …

Groove binding mechanism of ionic liquids: a key factor in long-term stability of DNA in hydrated ionic liquids?

A Chandran, D Ghoshdastidar… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acid sample storage is of paramount importance in biotechnology and forensic
sciences. Very recently, hydrated ionic liquids (ILs) have been identified as ideal media for …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanism of DNA binding and cleavage

SG KR, BB Mathew, CN Sudhamani, HB Naik - J. Biomed. Biotechnol, 2014 - Citeseer
The necessity for cellular regulation of DNA led to the development of metallonucleases to
catalyze and repair DNA strand breaks. Due to cationic character, three-dimensional …

Molecular aspects on the interaction of phenosafranine to deoxyribonucleic acid: Model for intercalative drug–DNA binding

S Das, GS Kumar - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2008 - Elsevier
The mode, mechanism and energetics of interaction of phenosafranine, the planar, cationic
and rigid phenazium dye to calf thymus DNA was investigated from absorption …

Chitosan-based dithiophenolato nanoparticles: Preparation, mechanistic information of DNA binding, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities

NZ Shaban, AM Aboelsaad, KR Shoueir… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The work aimed to synthesize the chitosan-based dithiophenolato nanoparticles (DTP-CS
NPs), evaluate in-vitro DNA-binding mechanistically in detail, correlate the results with …

Spectroscopic and calorimetric studies on the binding of alkaloids berberine, palmatine and coralyne to double stranded RNA polynucleotides

MM Islam, SR Chowdhury… - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
The interaction of two natural protoberberine plant alkaloids berberine and palmatine and a
synthetic derivative coralyne to three double stranded ribonucleic acids, poly (A). poly (U) …

Design, DNA binding and kinetic studies, antibacterial and cytotoxic activities of stable dithiophenolato titanium (IV)-chitosan Nanocomposite

NZ Shaban, SA Yehia, KR Shoueir, SR Saleh… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highly thermal stable dithiophenolato Ti (IV)-chitosan nanocomposite (DBT-CS) was formed
from dithiophenolato Ti (IV)-complex (DBT) and chitosan (CS) nanoparticles. As DNA-drugs …

Enhanced killing of intracellular multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by compounds that affect the activity of efflux pumps

L Amaral, M Martins, M Viveiros - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Whereas human neutrophils are effective and efficient killers of bacteria, macrophages such
as those derived from monocytes are almost devoid of killing activity. Nevertheless …

Interaction of Isoquinoline Alkaloids with an RNA Triplex: Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of Berberine, Palmatine, and Coralyne Binding to Poly(U).Poly(A)* …

R Sinha, GS Kumar - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2009 - ACS Publications
The interaction of two natural protoberberine alkaloids berberine and palmatine and the
synthetic derivative coralyne with the RNA triplex poly (U). poly (A)* poly (U) was studied …