Recent advances in the synthesis of biologically and pharmaceutically active quinoline and its analogues: a review

A Weyesa, E Mulugeta - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, quinoline has become an essential heterocyclic compound due to its versatile
applications in the fields of industrial and synthetic organic chemistry. It is a vital scaffold for …

Artemisinins: pharmacological actions beyond anti-malarial

WE Ho, HY Peh, TK Chan, WSF Wong - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
Artemisinins are a family of sesquiterpene trioxane lactone anti-malarial agents originally
derived from Artemisia annua L. The anti-malarial action of artemisinins involves the …

Artemisinin as an anticancer drug: Recent advances in target profiling and mechanisms of action

YK Wong, C Xu, KA Kalesh, Y He, Q Lin… - Medicinal research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Artemisinin and its derivatives (collectively termed as artemisinins) are among the most
important and effective antimalarial drugs, with proven safety and efficacy in clinical use …

Structural hybridization as a facile approach to new drug candidates

HMS Kumar, L Herrmann, SB Tsogoeva - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural hybridization of preclinically and clinically validated pharmacologically active
molecules has emerged as a promising tool to develop new generations of safe and highly …

Quinoline-based antimalarial hybrid compounds

S Vandekerckhove, M D'hooghe - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Quinoline-containing compounds, such as quinine and chloroquine, have a long-standing
history as potent antimalarial agents. However, the increasing resistance of the Plasmodium …

Quinoline-based hybrid compounds with antimalarial activity

X Nqoro, N Tobeka, BA Aderibigbe - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The application of quinoline-based compounds for the treatment of malaria infections is
hampered by drug resistance. Drug resistance has led to the combination of quinolines with …

Artemisinin-derived hybrids and their anticancer activity

F Gao, Z Sun, F Kong, J **ao - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
The emergence of drug-resistance and the low specificity of anticancer agents are the major
challenges in the treatment of cancer and can result in many side effects, creating an urgent …

Ferroptosis: a novel mechanism of artemisinin and its derivatives in cancer therapy

S Zhu, Q Yu, C Huo, Y Li, L He, B Ran… - Current medicinal …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone compound with a special peroxide
bridge that is tightly linked to the cytotoxicity involved in fighting malaria and cancer …

Artemisinin-derived dimers: Potent antimalarial and anticancer agents

T Fröhlich, A Çapcı Karagöz, C Reiter… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The development of new efficient therapeutics for the treatment of malaria and cancer is an
important endeavor. Over the past 15 years, much attention has been paid to the synthesis …

Anticancer effect of antimalarial artemisinin compounds

AK Das - Annals of medical and health sciences research, 2015 - ajol.info
The anti‑malarial drug artemisinin has shown anticancer activity in vitro and animal
experiments, but experience in human cancer is scarce. However, the ability of artemisinins …