Multi-targets: An unconventional drug development strategy for Alzheimer's disease

CX Gong, CL Dai, F Liu, K Iqbal - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that eventually leads
to dementia and death of the patient. Despite the enormous amounts of resources and …

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease–a patent review (2016–present)

M Bortolami, D Rocco, A Messore… - Expert Opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction–AD, the most common form of dementia, has a multifactorial etiology, and the
current therapy (AChEIs and memantine) is unable to interrupt its progress and fatal …

Neuroprotective effects of anthraquinones from rhubarb in central nervous system diseases

X Li, S Chu, Y Liu, N Chen - Evidence‐Based Complementary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rhubarb is a well‐known traditional Chinese medicine; it has been used in China for
thousands of years. Rhubarb anthraquinones are the major medicinal ingredients derived …

A research update on the therapeutic potential of rhein and its derivatives

L Cheng, Q Chen, R Pi, J Chen - European journal of pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhein is one of the anthraquinones components of Rheum. It shows excellent clinical
efficacy and is widely used in the management of several disease conditions including …

Quinones as preventive agents in Alzheimer's diseases: focus on NLRP3 inflammasomes

D Chen, H Gao, C Peng, S Pei, A Dai… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a hidden neurological degenerative disease, which
main clinical manifestations are cognitive dysfunction, memory impairment and mental …

Design, synthesis and multitarget biological profiling of second-generation anti-Alzheimer rhein–huprine hybrids

FJ Pérez-Areales, N Betari, A Viayna… - Future Medicinal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Simultaneous modulation of several key targets of the pathological network of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is being increasingly pursued as a promising option to fill the …

A rhein-huprine hybrid protects erythrocyte membrane integrity against Alzheimer's disease related Aβ (1-42) peptide

P Zambrano, M Jemiola-Rzeminska… - Biophysical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease remains largely unknown, and currently there is no complete cure for
the disease. New synthetic approaches have been developed to create multi-target agents …

[HTML][HTML] From virtual screening hits targeting a cryptic pocket in BACE-1 to a nontoxic brain permeable multitarget anti-Alzheimer lead with disease-modifying and …

C Pont, T Ginex, C Grinan-Ferre, M Scheiner… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Starting from six potential hits identified in a virtual screening campaign directed to a cryptic
pocket of BACE-1, at the edge of the catalytic cleft, we have synthesized and evaluated six …

A novel rhein-huprine hybrid ameliorates disease-modifying properties in preclinical mice model of Alzheimer's disease exacerbated with high fat diet

T Espinosa-Jiménez, A Cano, E Sánchez-López… - Cell & bioscience, 2023 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a polyetiological origin. Despite
the global burden of AD and the advances made in AD drug research and development, the …

Protective role of a donepezil-huprine hybrid against the β-amyloid (1-42) effect on human erythrocytes

P Zambrano, M Suwalsky… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aβ (1-42) peptide is a neurotoxic agent strongly associated with the etiology of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Current treatments are still of very low effectiveness, and deaths from AD are …