Curcumin can improve Parkinson's disease via activating BDNF/PI3k/Akt signaling pathways

T **, Y Zhang, BOA Botchway, J Zhang, R Fan… - Food and Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease is a common progressive neurodegenerative disease, and presently
has no curative agent. Curcumin, as one of the natural polyphenols, has great potential in …

Resistance to intervention: paclitaxel in breast cancer

VM Dan, RS Raveendran, S Baby - Mini Reviews in Medicinal …, 2021 - benthamdirect.com
Breast cancer stands as the most prevalent cancer in women globally, and contributes to the
highest percentage of mortality due to cancer-related deaths in women. Paclitaxel (PTX) is …

Synthesis and bioactivities of pyrazoline benzensulfonamides as carbonic anhydrase and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors with low cytotoxicity

DO Ozgun, HI Gul, C Yamali, H Sakagami, I Gulcin… - Bioorganic …, 2019 - Elsevier
(3-Substitutedphenyl-5-polymethoxyphenyl-4, 5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)
benzenesulfonamides (9–16) were synthesized and their chemical structures were …

Monocarbonyl curcumin analogues as potent inhibitors against human glutathione transferase P1-1

P Pantiora, V Furlan, D Matiadis, B Mavroidi… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The isoenzyme of human glutathione transferase P1-1 (hGSTP1-1) is involved in multi-drug
resistance (MDR) mechanisms in numerous cancer cell lines. In the present study, the …

Recent developments in biological aspects of chalcones: the odyssey continues

A Rani, A Anand, K Kumar, V Kumar - Expert opinion on drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Chalcones are attractive to synthetic chemists because they are easy to
prepare, have a large number of replaceable hydrogens, thereby having significant …

Anticancer activity of Mannich bases: a review of recent literature

G Roman - ChemMedChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This report summarizes the latest published data on the antiproliferative action and cytotoxic
activity of Mannich bases, a structurally heterogeneous category of chemical entities that …

Aminoalkylated phenolic chalcones: investigation of biological effects on acetylcholinesterase and carbonic anhydrase I and II as potential lead enzyme inhibitors

C Yamali, HI Gul, T Cakir, Y Demir… - Letters in drug design & …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Phenolic Mannich bases have been reported as acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
inhibitors for the medication of Alzheimer's disease. Carbonic Anhydrases (CAs) are …

Modified curcumins as potential drug candidates for breast cancer: An overview

AL Flint, DW Hansen, LVD Brown, LE Stewart, E Ortiz… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC), the most common malignancy in women, results from significant
alterations in genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that alter multiple signaling pathways in …

Role of curcumin in ischemia and reperfusion injury

M Bi, D Li, J Zhang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is an inevitable pathological process after organic
transplantations. Although traditional treatments restore the blood supply of ischemic …

Lupiwighteone induces caspase-dependent and-independent apoptosis on human breast cancer cells via inhibiting PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway

YS Won, KI Seo - Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2020 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of mortality in women. Lupiwighteone has
anticancer effects in prostate cancer cells and neuroblastoma cells. However, the molecular …