Imidazole Scaffold based Compounds in the Development of Therapeutic Drugs

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanjie Hu ◽  
Lina Zhang ◽  
Kutty Selva Nandakumar ◽  
Kui Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Imidazole Ring ◽  
Heterocyclic Ring ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Therapeutic Drugs ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Aromatic Heterocyclic

: Imidazole has an important five-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, which is available widely in natural products and synthetic molecules. The special structural characteristics of imidazole ring enable it to bind with various enzymes and receptors through hydrogen bonds, coordination, ion-dipole and cation-π interactions, hydrophobic effects, and Van der Waals forces. These interactions promote several biological activities involving anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-viral properties. Herein, we review and discuss the recent developments occurred in using imidazole derivatives along with their special pharmacological activities for various diseases treatment.

scholarly journals Imidazole: Having Versatile Biological Activities

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amita Verma ◽  
Sunil Joshi ◽  
Deepika Singh
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Imidazole Ring ◽  
Heterocyclic Ring ◽  
Heterocyclic Chemistry ◽  
The Past ◽  
Poorly Soluble ◽  
Anti Hiv ◽  
Imidazole Compounds

Imidazoles have occupied a unique position in heterocyclic chemistry, and its derivatives have attracted considerable interests in recent years for their versatile properties in chemistry and pharmacology. Imidazole is nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which possesses biological and pharmaceutical importance. Thus, imidazole compounds have been an interesting source for researchers for more than a century. The imidazole ring is a constituent of several important natural products, including purine, histamine, histidine, and nucleic acid. Being a polar and ionisable aromatic compound, it improves pharmacokinetic characteristics of lead molecules and thus is used as a remedy to optimize solubility and bioavailability parameters of proposed poorly soluble lead molecules. There are several methods used for the synthesis of imidazole-containing compounds, and also their various structure reactions offer enormous scope in the field of medicinal chemistry. The imidazole derivatives possess extensive spectrum of biological activities such as antibacterial, anticancer, antitubercular, antifungal, analgesic, and anti-HIV activities. This paper aims to review the biological activities of imidazole during the past years.

scholarly journals Recent Developments in Inonotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom) Polysaccharides: Isolation, Structural Characteristics, Biological Activities and Application

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1441
Author(s):  
Yangpeng Lu ◽  
Yanan Jia ◽  
Zihan Xue ◽  
Nannan Li ◽  
Junyu Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activities ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Inonotus Obliquus ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Inonotus Obliquus Polysaccharide ◽  
Future Work

Inonotus obliquus (Chaga mushroom) is a kind of medicine and health food widely used by folk in China, Russia, Korea, and some occidental countries. Among the extracts from Inonotus obliquus, Inonotus obliquus polysaccharide (IOPS) is supposed to be one of the major bioactive components in Inonotus obliquus, which possesses antitumor, antioxidant, anti-virus, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic activities. In this review, the current advancements on extraction, purification, structural characteristics, and biological activities of IOPS were summarized. This review can provide significant insight into the IOPS bioactivities as their in vitro and in vivo data were summarized, and some possible mechanisms were listed. Furthermore, applications of IOPS were reviewed and discussed; IOPS might be a potential candidate for the treatment of cancers and type 2 diabetes. Besides, new perspectives for the future work of IOPS were also proposed.

scholarly journals Synthesis and Biological Activities of Some Pyrimidine Derivatives: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1001-1015
Author(s):  
Nadia Ali Ahmed Elkanzi
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Atom ◽  
Medicinal Chemistry ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Heterocyclic Ring ◽  
Ring System ◽  
Pyrimidine Derivatives ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Cardiovascular Agents ◽  
Anti Hiv ◽  
Biological And Pharmacological Activities

Nitrogen containing synthetically and biologically important heterocyclic ring system namely pyrimidine possess both biological and pharmacological activities, and defend as aromatic six heterocyclic with 1and 3 nitrogen atom in ring. Preparation of pyrimidine via different methods offer its importance in fields of medicinal chemistry and Chemistry. Pyrimidines and their derivatives act as anti-inflammatory, anti-malaria, anti-tumor, cardiovascular agents, anti-neoplastic, anti-tubercular, anti- HIV, diuretic ,anti-viral, anti-microbial, ,analgesic .This review give light up on biological and pharmacological activities of pyrimidine nucleus.

scholarly journals A REVIEW: THIAZINES DERIVATIVES TREATED AS POTENTIAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Praveen Kumar Sharma ◽  
Reena Makkar
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Organic Compounds ◽  
Heterocyclic Compounds ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Strong Reflection ◽  
Anti Inflammatory

ABSTRACTIn recent days, heterocycles and their derivatives have become strong reflection in medicinal research and pharmaceutical fields because of theirpractical pharmacological and biological activities. Organic compounds; mainly heterocyclic compounds are wealthy in natural world and containextra value because their structural subunits are established in many natural products such as enzymes, vitamins, antibiotics, acids, and hormones.Thiazine nucleuses found in compounds have variety of pharmacological activities such as antitumor, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral,and anti-inflammatory. This review spotlight on the substituted thiazines with possible antimicrobial activities that are at the present in development.Keywords: Antibacterial, Substituted thiazines, Antimicrobial agents.

scholarly journals Chemical Diversity and Biological Activities of Marine Sponges of the Genus Suberea: A Systematic Review

Marine Drugs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amr El-Demerdash ◽  
Atanas G. Atanasov ◽  
Olaf K. Horbanczuk ◽  
Mohamed A. Tammam ◽  
Mamdouh Abdel-Mogib ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Marine Natural Products ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Structural Diversity ◽  
Marine Sponges ◽  
Chemical Diversity ◽  
Molecular Scaffolds ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Chemotaxonomic Markers ◽  
Novel Drug

Marine natural products (MNPs) continue to be in the spotlight in the global drug discovery endeavor. Currently, more than 30,000 structurally diverse secondary metabolites from marine sources have been isolated, making MNPs a profound, renewable source to investigate novel drug compounds. Marine sponges of the genus Suberea (family: Aplysinellidae) are recognized as producers of bromotyrosine derivatives, which are considered distinct chemotaxonomic markers for the marine sponges belonging to the order Verongida. This class of compounds exhibits structural diversity, ranging from simple monomeric molecules to more complex molecular scaffolds, displaying a myriad of biological and pharmacological potentialities. In this review, a comprehensive literature survey covering the period of 1998–2018, focusing on the chemistry and biological/pharmacological activities of marine natural products from marine sponges of the genus Suberea, with special attention to the biogenesis of the different skeletons of halogenated compounds, is presented.

scholarly journals Phytosterols: Potential Metabolic Modulators in Neurodegenerative Diseases

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (22) ◽  
pp. 12255
Author(s):  
Niti Sharma ◽  
Mario A. Tan ◽  
Seong Soo A. An
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Isolated Structures ◽  
Biological And Pharmacological Activities

Phytosterols constitute a class of natural products that are an important component of diet and have vast applications in foods, cosmetics, and herbal medicines. With many and diverse isolated structures in nature, they exhibit a broad range of biological and pharmacological activities. Among over 200 types of phytosterols, stigmasterol and β-sitosterol were ubiquitous in many plant species, exhibiting important aspects of activities related to neurodegenerative diseases. Hence, this mini-review presented an overview of the reported studies on selected phytosterols related to neurodegenerative diseases. It covered the major phytosterols based on biosynthetic considerations, including other phytosterols with significant in vitro and in vivo biological activities.

An Overview on Chemistry and Biological Importance of Pyrrolidinone

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Ali Ramazani ◽  
Kamaleddin Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Nima Razzaghi-Asl ◽  
Farideh Gouranlou
Keyword(s):  
Biological Activities ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Heterocyclic Ring ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Novel Drugs ◽  
Bioactive Agents ◽  
Great Scope

Background: Pyrrolidinone is a five membered heterocyclic ring that is a versatile lead compound for designing powerful bioactive agents. Pyrrolidinone nucleus is one of the most important heterocyclic compound indicating notable pharmaceutical effects. Many procedures for the preparation of pyrrolidinone and also their various reactions offer great scope in the field of medicinal chemistry. This fascinating group of compounds has diverse pharmacological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer and anticonvulsant. Objective: The review article proposes to classify comprehensive information on chemistry and pharmaceutical effects of pyrrolidinone in order to open new viewpoint for future studies. Conclusion: It is clear from the review of the topic that a wide spectrum of pyrrolidinone analogues have been synthesized and the majority of these derivatives have indicated different significant biological activities. Thus, these analogues can be used for future progression of novel drugs against many more poor agents.

Coumarin-Oxadiazole Derivatives: Synthesis and Pharmacological Properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 780-794
Author(s):  
Nurhayatun S. Abdul Razak ◽  
Joazaizulfazli Jamalis ◽  
Subhash Chander ◽  
Roswanira Abdul Wahab ◽  
Deepak P. Bhagwat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Pharmacological Properties ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Oxadiazole Derivatives ◽  
The Common

Coumarin and oxadiazole moieties ubiquitously occur in a wide range of natural products and are valued for their varied and beneficial pharmacological activities. Herein, this review focuses on various documented techniques used by researchers to synthesize an assortment of biologically active coumarin-oxadiazole scaffolds. Also, the common techniques discussed are used to establish the wide-range of biological activities of the synthesized coumarin and oxadiozole derivatives, including; antioxidant, anthelmintic, antimicrobial, anti-tuberculosis, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxicity and anticonvulsant. Additionally, the current, well-established drugs synthesized using coumarin-oxadiazole scaffolds are typically dispensed in regular clinical practice are also highlighted in this review paper.

scholarly journals Molecular Targets of Natural Products for Chondroprotection in Destructive Joint Diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 4931
Author(s):  
Thanasekaran Jayakumar ◽  
Periyakali Saravana Bhavan ◽  
Joen-Rong Sheu
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Proteolytic Enzymes ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Biological Effects ◽  
The Body ◽  
Matrix Proteins ◽  
Joint Diseases ◽  
Therapeutic Drugs ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Long Time

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis that occurs in an aged population. It affects any joints in the body and degenerates the articular cartilage and the subchondral bone. Despite the pathophysiology of OA being different, cartilage resorption is still a symbol of osteoarthritis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are important proteolytic enzymes that degrade extra-cellular matrix proteins (ECM) in the body. MMPs contribute to the turnover of cartilage and its break down; their levels have increased in the joint tissues of OA patients. Application of chondroprotective drugs neutralize the activities of MMPs. Natural products derived from herbs and plants developed as traditional medicine have been paid attention to, due to their potential biological effects. The therapeutic value of natural products in OA has increased in reputation due to their clinical impact and insignificant side effects. Several MMPs inhibitor have been used as therapeutic drugs, for a long time. Recently, different types of compounds were reviewed for their biological activities. In this review, we summarize numerous natural products for the development of MMPs inhibitors in arthritic diseases and describe the major signaling targets that were involved for the treatments of these destructive joint diseases.

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