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El Amir D, Sayed AM, El-Hawary SS, Elsakhawy OM, Attia EZ, Abdelmohsen UR, Mohammed R. Metabolomic profiling of Medicago sativa-derived fungal endophytes and evaluation of their biological activities. RSC Adv 2024; 14:14296-14302. [PMID: 38690109 PMCID: PMC11059938 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra00790e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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This study aimed to discover the potential of Medicago sativa-derived fungal endophytes as a prospective source of bioactive metabolites. In the present study, three different strains of fungal endophyte Aspergillus terreus were isolated from leaves L, roots T and stems St of Medicago sativa to explore their biological and chemical diversity. These isolated fungi were exposed to different fermentation conditions by adding various chemical elicitors to their solid fermentation media. According to LC-HRESIMS-based metabolomics and multivariate analysis, each chemical treatment had a different effect on the chemical profiles of the fungi. Orthogonal Projections to Latent Structures Discriminant Analysis (OPLS-DA) proposed several compounds with anticancer action against MCF-7 (a human breast cancer cell line) and MDA-MB-231 (a human epithelial breast cancer cell line).
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- Dalia El Amir
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University 62514 Beni-Suef Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Collage of Pharmacy, Almaaqal University 61014 Basrah Iraq
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University 11936 Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University 62514 Beni-Suef Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University 61519 Minia Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University 61519 Minia Egypt
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University 61111 New Minia Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University 62514 Beni-Suef Egypt
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Mezgebe K, Melaku Y, Mulugeta E. Synthesis and Pharmacological Activities of Chalcone and Its Derivatives Bearing N-Heterocyclic Scaffolds: A Review. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:19194-19211. [PMID: 37305270 PMCID: PMC10249103 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The incorporation of heterocyclic moieties into the standard chemical structure with a biologically active scaffold has become of crucial practice for the construction of pharmacologically potent candidates in the drug arena. Currently, numerous kinds of chalcones and their derivatives have been synthesized using the incorporation of heterocyclic scaffolds, especially chalcones bearing heterocyclic moieties that display improved efficiency and potential for drug production in pharmaceutical sectors. The current Review focuses on recent advances in the synthetic approaches and pharmacological activities such as antibacterial, antifungal, antitubercular, antioxidant, antimalarial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antigiardial, and antifilarial activities of chalcone derivatives incorporating N-heterocyclic moieties at either the A-ring or B-ring.
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Fang Z, Liu J, Wu X, Zhang Y, Jia H, Shi Y. Full-length transcriptome of in Medicago sativa L. roots in response to drought stress. Front Genet 2023; 13:1086356. [PMID: 36685877 PMCID: PMC9848396 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1086356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), serves as a legume with high drought tolerance, is a major forage crop with a high biomass of production. However, the molecular mechanism of Alfalfa in response to drought stress are still unclear. Results: We constructed the first full-length transcriptome for Alfalfa root. 21.53Gb clean data were obtained by further data filtering, in which incorporate 566,076 reads of Insert (ROI), and 409,291 full length reads non-Chimeric (FLNC) sequences. Combined with second-generation sequencing (SGS), there were 2615, 6011, and 4617 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in three comparisons. KEGG pathway analysis showed enrichment of ribosome, glutathione metabolism, and biosynthesis of amino acids are among the DEGs. The majority of transcription factors (TFs) from DEGs were AP2/ERF-ERF (37), C2H2 (32), and bHLH (22) bZIP (22), followed by C3H (19), MYB (18), WRKY (18), GRAS (16), and NAC (15). 32 C2H2 genes were differentially expressed in three groups. In addition, TFs annotated as C3H (19), MYB (18), GRAS (16), and NAC (15) also changed significantly in expression in the three comparisons. We found 24 genes participate in the abscisic acid (ABA) and auxin hormone signaling pathway in response to drought stress, and monitored the expression patterns of these related genes. Conclusion: The present study enhanced our understanding of the genetic diversity and complexity, and provides greater insight into the fundamental transcriptome reprogramming of Alfalfa under drought.
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Li D, Shu G, Wang H, Xu Y, Adni J, Zhang Y, MacAdam JW, Villalba JJ, Dai X, Chen L. In vitro fermentation performance of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) mixed with different proportions of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) leaves (PML) or condensed tannins extracted from PML. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2021.1990144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Daojie Li
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Plants, Soils & Climate, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Department of Plants, Soils & Climate, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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Ma QG, Wei RR, Shang DL, Sang ZP, Dong JH. Structurally Diverse Flavonolignans with Immunosuppressive and Neuroprotective Activities from the Fruits of Hippophae rhamnoides L. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:6564-6575. [PMID: 32437606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides L. has been used for centuries in Europe and Asia as a food with high nutritional and medicinal values. In this study, a bioactivity-guided phytochemical investigation of H. rhamnoides L. has resulted in four new dimethylallylated flavonolignans (1-4), four new isopropylpentenone-flavonolignan heterodimers (5-8), two new geranylated flavonolignans (9 and 10), and 14 known flavonolignan derivatives (11-24); they were elucidated by their spectrometric and spectroscopic methods, including HR-ESI-MS, NMR, IR, and UV from the fruit of H. rhamnoides L. for the first time. Among them, compounds 2, 5, 6, 20, and 21 showed potent immunosuppressive activities with IC50 values from 19.42 ± 3.91 to 48.05 ± 12.56 μM. Meanwhile, compounds 1, 4, 11, 12, and 13 showed moderate neuroprotective activities, which increased the cell survival rate from 50.30 ± 4.24% for the model group to 71.63 ± 3.04%, 70.02 ± 4.13%, 61.53 ± 5.93%, 61.08 ± 3.58%, and 65.68 ± 4.88% at 10 μM, respectively. The hypothetical biogenetic pathway and preliminary structure-activity relationship were found and discussed scientifically.
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- Qin-Ge Ma
- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of TCM of Ministry of Education, Research Center of Natural Resources of Chinese Medicinal Materials and Ethnic Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang 330004, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Nanyang the First People's Hospital, Nanyang 473002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Huanghuai University, Zhumadian 463000, People's Republic of China
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Li D, Liu D, Lv M, Gao P, Liu X. Isolation of triterpenoid saponins from Medicago sativa L. with neuroprotective activities. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:126956. [PMID: 31932222 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.126956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Three new pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins (1-3), together with medicagenic acid (4) were isolated and purified from 70% EtOH extract of Medicago sativa L. by different column chromatographic and semi-preparative HPLC. Their structures were established by direct interpretation of their spectral data, mainly HR-ESI-MS, 1D-NMR, 2D-NMR, and chemical methods, as well as comparison with literature data. Additionally, all isolates were evaluated for their neuroprotective activities against H2O2-induced damage in human neuroblastoma SHSY5Y cells. As a results, compounds 1 and 2 (67.14% and 73.05%) exhibited potent neuroprotective activities. These findings provide new insights into developing better treatment of neurodegenerative diseases for M. sativa in the future.
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- Danqi Li
- Institute of Functional Molecules, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecular Design and Development, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Targeted Pesticides, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China
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- Institute of Functional Molecules, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecular Design and Development, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Targeted Pesticides, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China; College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China
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- Institute of Functional Molecules, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecular Design and Development, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Targeted Pesticides, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China; College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China
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- Institute of Functional Molecules, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecular Design and Development, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Targeted Pesticides, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China; College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China.
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- Institute of Functional Molecules, Liaoning Province Key Laboratory of Green Functional Molecular Design and Development, Shenyang Key Laboratory of Targeted Pesticides, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China; College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang 110142, Liaoning, PR China.
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Liu XG, Lv MC, Huang MY, Sun YQ, Gao PY, Li DQ. A network pharmacology study on the triterpene saponins from Medicago sativa L. for the treatment of Neurodegenerative diseases. J Food Biochem 2019; 43:e12955. [PMID: 31368545 DOI: 10.1111/jfbc.12955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are characterized by progressive and irreversible, is a kind of complex illnesses, and the long-term therapy which is frequently associated with adverse side effects. Medicago sativa L., widely consumed as a vegetable, has the effects of improving memory and relieving central nervous system diseases. However, there are less studies on its specific mechanism for NDDs. In this investigation, we applied a method of network pharmacology, which combined molecular docking and network analysis to decipher the mechanisms of M. sativa in NDDs. The pharmacological system generated 55 triterpene saponins from M. sativa, and predicted 27 potential targets with 100 pathways in the treatment of NDDs. As a result, 13 compounds, 10 target proteins, and 6 signaling pathways were found to play important roles in the treatment of NDDs. In addition, in vitro experiments of isolates confirmed activities for NDDs, which were consistent with the results of network pharmacology prediction. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Medicago sativa L. has been widely consumed as a vegetable, which possesses many nutritional components. As a functional food stuff, M. sativa can improve human health, such as memory improving activities, relieving central nervous system diseases, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory. In this article, the mechanism of triterpene saponins from M. sativa against NDDs was successfully predicted by network pharmacology method. The results will serve as a reference of M. sativa against NDDs.
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- Xue-Gui Liu
- College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China.,Institute of Functional Molecules, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Shenyang Institute of Science and Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China.,Institute of Functional Molecules, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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- Institute of Functional Molecules, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, P.R. China
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Wei RR, Ma QG, Sang ZP. Hypolipidemic phenanthraquinone derivatives from Heleocharis dulcis. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liu X, Sun Y, Bian J, Lv M, Han T, Sun H, Li D, Gao P. Phytochemical and chemotaxonomic study on Medicago sativa L. (Leguminosae). BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2018.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lemes SR, eSilva CR, Véras JH, Chen-Chen L, Lima RS, Perez CN, Montes de Sousa MA, de Melo Reis PR, da Silva Junior NJ. Presence of antigenotoxic and anticytotoxic effects of the chalcone 1E,4E-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)penta-1,4-dien-3-one using in vitro and in vivo assays. Drug Chem Toxicol 2018; 43:383-390. [DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2018.1497046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Susy Ricardo Lemes
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Experimentais e Biotecnológicos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Experimentais e Biotecnológicos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil
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Liu XG, Huang MY, Gao PY, Liu CF, Sun YQ, Lv MC, Yao GD, Zhang LX, Li DQ. Bioactive constituents from Medicago sativa L. with antioxidant, neuroprotective and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities. J Funct Foods 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2018.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Wei R, Ma Q, Li T, Liu W, Sang Z, Li M, Liu S. Carbazole alkaloids with antiangiogenic activities from Clausena sanki. Bioorg Chem 2018; 77:387-392. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Zdrazil B, Guha R. The Rise and Fall of a Scaffold: A Trend Analysis of Scaffolds in the Medicinal Chemistry Literature. J Med Chem 2017; 61:4688-4703. [PMID: 29235859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Scaffolds are a core concept in medicinal chemistry, and they can be the focus of multiple independent development efforts over an extended period. Thus, scaffold associated properties can vary over time, possibly showing consistently increasing or decreasing trends. We posit that such trends characterize the attention that the community pays to a scaffold. In this study, we employed data from ChEMBL20 to examine the evolution of scaffold features, such as enumerated compounds, biological activity, and liabilities, over 17 years. Our analysis highlights that certain properties such as enumerated compounds, but not liabilities, show statistically significant increasing trends for some scaffolds. We also attempt to explain why a scaffold receives more attention over time and highlight that obvious aspects such as synthetic feasibility do not explicitly drive attention. In summary, trend analyses of scaffold properties could support scaffold selection and prioritization in small molecule development projects.
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- Barbara Zdrazil
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Division of Drug Design and Medicinal Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Division of Preclinical Innovation, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) , National Institutes of Health (NIH) , 9800 Medical Center Drive , Rockville , Maryland 20850 , United States
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Antiangiogenic Effect of Flavonoids and Chalcones: An Update. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 19:ijms19010027. [PMID: 29271940 PMCID: PMC5795978 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chalcones are precursors of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. Both flavonoids and chalcones are intensively investigated because of a large spectrum of their biological activities. Among others, anticancer and antiangiogenic effects account for the research interest of these substances. Because of an essential role in cancer growth and metastasis, angiogenesis is considered to be a promising target for cancer treatment. Currently used antiangiogenic agents are either synthetic compounds or monoclonal antibodies. However, there are some limitations of their use including toxicity and high price, making the search for new antiangiogenic compounds very attractive. Nowadays it is well known that several natural compounds may modulate basic steps in angiogenesis. A lot of studies, also from our lab, showed that phytochemicals, including polyphenols, are potent modulators of angiogenesis. This review paper is focused on the antiangiogenic effect of flavonoids and chalcones and discusses possible underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms.
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