Pharmacological properties of chalcones: A review of preclinical including molecular mechanisms and clinical evidence

B Salehi, C Quispe, I Chamkhi, N El Omari… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chalcones are among the leading bioactive flavonoids with a therapeutic potential
implicated to an array of bioactivities investigated by a series of preclinical and clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Chalcone: A promising bioactive scaffold in medicinal chemistry

G Rajendran, D Bhanu, B Aruchamy, P Ramani… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chalcones are a class of privileged scaffolds with high medicinal significance due to the
presence of an α, β-unsaturated ketone functionality. Numerous functional modifications of …

Anti-cancer chalcones: Structural and molecular target perspectives

DK Mahapatra, SK Bharti, V Asati - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Chalcone or (E)-1, 3-diphenyl-2-propene-1-one scaffold remained a fascination
among researchers in the 21st century due to its simple chemistry, ease of synthesis and a …

β-Carbolines as potential anticancer agents

S Aaghaz, K Sharma, R Jain, A Kamal - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Carbolines are indole alkaloids having a tricyclic pyrido [3, 4-b] indole ring in their
structure. Since the isolation of first β-carboline from Peganum harmala in 1841, the isolation …

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 …

A comprehensive overview of β-carbolines and its derivatives as anticancer agents

B Luo, X Song - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Carboline alkaloids are a family of natural and synthetic products with structural
diversity and outstanding antitumor activities. This review summarizes research …

An overview on synthetic entries to tetrahydro-β-carbolines

P Maity, D Adhikari, AK Jana - Tetrahedron, 2019 - Elsevier
The tetrahydro-β-carboline (THBC) nucleus is a predominant feature of a vast array of
naturally occurring alkaloids. Most of these alkaloids have been found to exhibit significant …

β-Carboline-based molecular hybrids as anticancer agents: A brief sketch

JP Soni, Y Yeole, N Shankaraiah - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Cancer is a huge burden on the healthcare system and is foremost cause of mortality across
the globe. Among various therapeutic strategies, chemotherapy plays an enormous role in …

Recent insights into synthetic β-carbolines with anti-cancer activities

S Kumar, A Singh, K Kumar, V Kumar - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer, an uncontrolled and rapid proliferation of abnormal cells, has become one of the
leading cause of death worldwide. The development of resistance among the numerous …

Synthesis of β-Carboline-Based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Their Antiproliferative and Antimetastatic Activities against Human Breast Cancer Cells

SU Dighe, S Khan, I Soni, P Jain, S Shukla… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A series of novel β-carboline-based N-heterocyclic carbenes was prepared via Mannich
reaction between methyl 1-(dimethoxymethyl)-9 H-pyrido [3, 4-b] indole-3-carboxylate …