Coumarin: A natural, privileged and versatile scaffold for bioactive compounds

A Stefanachi, F Leonetti, L Pisani, M Catto, A Carotti - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Many naturally occurring substances, traditionally used in popular medicines around the
world, contain the coumarin moiety. Coumarin represents a privileged scaffold for medicinal …

Biological importance of structurally diversified chromenes

M Costa, TA Dias, A Brito, F Proença - European journal of medicinal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Compounds incorporating the chromene scaffold are largely present in natural products and
display a wide variety of biological activities. Their low toxicity combined to the broad …

Structures of human monoamine oxidase B complexes with selective noncovalent inhibitors: safinamide and coumarin analogs

C Binda, J Wang, L Pisani, C Caccia… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Structures of human monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) in complex with safinamide and two
coumarin derivatives, all sharing a common benzyloxy substituent, were determined by X …

Multi-target tacrine-coumarin hybrids: cholinesterase and monoamine oxidase B inhibition properties against Alzheimer's disease

SS ** novel coumarin-containing azoles antifungal agents by the scaffold merging strategy for treating azole-resistant candidiasis
Z Yan, Y Huang, D Zhao, Z Li, X Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The extensive use of antifungal drugs has resulted in severe drug resistance, making clinical
treatment of fungal infections more difficult. Biofilm inhibitors can overcome drug resistance …

Monoamine oxidase (MAO) as a potential target for anticancer drug design and development

R Aljanabi, L Alsous, DA Sabbah, HI Gul, M Gul… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Monoamine oxidases (MAOs) are oxidative enzymes that catalyze the conversion of
biogenic amines into their corresponding aldehydes and ketones through oxidative …

Monoamine oxidase‐B inhibitors as potential neurotherapeutic agents: An overview and update

RKP Tripathi, SR Ayyannan - Medicinal research reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors have made significant contributions and remain an
indispensable approach of molecular and mechanistic diversity for the discovery of …

Multi-target directed drugs as a modern approach for drug design towards Alzheimer's disease: an update

M de Freitas Silva, KST Dias, VS Gontijo… - Current Medicinal …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder.
Currently, no effective treatment is available and this is due to multiple factors involved in …