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One of the triazole tautomers, 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, has a wide range of biological activities that suggest its potential therapeutic utility in medicinal chemistry. These actions include anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-bacterial, anti-tuberculosis, and anti-diabetic effects. Using computational simulations and models, we investigate the structure-activity relationships of 1,2,4-triazoles, showing how various modifications to the triazole core yield a variety of clinical therapeutic benefits. The review highlights the anti-inflammatory effect of 1,2,4-triazoles in relation to their ability to disrupt significant inflammatory mediators and pathways. We present in-silico data that illuminate the triazoles' capacity to inhibit cell division, encourage apoptosis, and stop metastasis in a range of cancer models. This review looks at the bactericidal and bacteriostatic properties of 1,2,4-triazole derivatives, with a focus on their potential efficacy against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections and their usage in tuberculosis therapy. In order to better understand these substances' potential anti-diabetic benefits, this review also looks at how they affect glucose metabolism regulation and insulin responsiveness. Coordinated efforts are required to translate the efficacy of 1,2,4-triazole compounds in preclinical models into practical therapeutic benefits. Based on the information provided, it can be concluded that 1,2,4-triazole derivatives are a promising class of diverse therapeutic agents with potential utility in a range of disorders. Their development and improvement might herald a new era of medical care that will be immensely advantageous to both patients and the medical community as a whole. This comprehensive research, which is further reinforced by in-silico investigations, highlights the great medicinal potential of 1,2,4-triazoles. Additionally, this study encourages more research into these substances and their enhancement for use in pharmaceutical development., (© 2024 Wiley-VHCA AG, Zurich, Switzerland.)

A new series of imidazothiazole derivatives bearing thiazolidinone moiety (4a-g and 5a-d) were designed, synthesized and evaluated for potential epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibition, anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity, cardiomyopathy toxicity and hepatotoxicity. Compound 4c inhibited EGFR kinase at a concentration of 18.35 ± 1.25 µM, whereas standard drug erlotinib showed IC 50 value of 06.12 ± 0.92 µM. The molecular docking, dynamics simulation and MM-GBSA binding energy calculations revealed strong interaction of compound 4c with binding site of EGFR. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anticancer activity by MTT assay against three human cancer cell lines A549 (Lung), MCF-7 (Breast), HCT116 (Colon), one normal human embryonic kidney cell line HEK293 and also for their EGFR kinase inhibitory activity. Few compounds of the series (4a, 4b, 4c) showed promising growth inhibition against all the tested cancer cell lines and against EGFR kinase. Among these, compound 4c was found to be most active and displayed IC 50 value of 10.74 ± 0.40, 18.73 ± 0.88 against cancer cell lines A549 and MCF7 respectively whereas it showed an IC 50 value of 96.38 ± 1.79 against HEK293 cell line indicating lesser cytotoxicity for healthy cell. Compounds 4a, 4b and 4c were also examined for their apoptosis inducing potential through AO/EB dual staining assay and it was observed that their antiproliferative activity against A549 cells is mediated via induction of apoptosis. Cardiomyopathy studies showed normal cardiomyocytes with no marked sign of pyknotic nucleus of compounds 4b and 4c. Hepatotoxicity studies of compounds 4b and 4c also showed normal architecture of hepatocytes. Compounds 4a-g and 5a-d were also evaluated for their in-vitro anti-inflammatory activity by protein albumin denaturation assay. Among the tested compounds 4a-d and 5a-b showed promising activity and were selected for in-vivo inflammatory activity against carrageenan rat paw edema test. Among these compounds, 4b was found to be most active in the series showing 84.94% inhibition, whereas the standard drug diclofenac sodium showed 84.57% inhibition. Compound 4b also showed low ulcerogenic potential and lipid peroxidation. Thus, compounds 4c and 4b could be a promising lead compounds for developing anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents with low toxicity and selectivity., (© 2024. The Author(s).)

Cancer has become a major concern in healthcare globally, and over time, incidences and prevalence of cancer are increasing. To counter this, a lot of anticancer drugs are approved and are in clinical use, playing a pivotal role in its treatment. Due to drug resistance and adverse effects, a continuous demand for novel, potent, and safe candidates to treat cancer is always there. Over the last few decades, various heterocyclic ring-based derivatives have been explored and reported in the literature. In this regard, benzothiazole scaffold-based compound emerged as the versatile ring for developing novel and safe anticancer candidates. In this article, we have reported various benzothiazole heterocyclic ring-based derivatives demonstrating potent antiproliferative activity by induction of apoptosis via an intrinsic pathway in a dose-dependent manner. These compounds also displayed inhibition of different enzymes, for example, Aurora kinase, epidermal growth factor receptor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, phosphoinositide kinases, DNA topoisomerase, and tubulin polymerases. This study focused on a comprehensive overview of antiproliferative activity, structure-activity relationship, apoptosis induction activity, and enzyme inhibition by benzothiazole-based compounds., (© 2024 Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft.)

In order to determine whether thiazolobenzamide molecules connected to naphthalene could inhibit the growth of three different tumor cell lines, MCF7 (breast carcinoma), A549 (pulmonary carcinoma), and DU145 (prostatic adenocarcinoma) a novel series of ten molecules, designated TA 1-10, was designed, synthesized, and tested. Among these compounds, TA7 showed promising results against cell lines, especially showing exceptional efficacy against breast cancer. Antioxidant activity tests consistently showed the best performance from the TA7 molecule. Furthermore, when a dose of 50 to 500 mg/kg of the total mass of rats is given, the most effective chemical, TA7, did not exhibit any harmful effects during acute oral toxicity tests. The biochemical indicators (SGOT and SGPT) for hepatotoxicity associated with compound TA7 were found to be fairly similar to those of the control group. The findings from molecular docking, XP visualization, and MM-GBSA dG binding investigations are in agreement with the outcomes of in-vitro tests of antioxidant and anticancer capabilities. TA7 was the most effective compound among those that were docked; it bound free energy and had adequate properties for metabolism (biochemical processes), distribution (dispersion), absorption (assimilation), and excretion (elimination). This study found that the TA7 molecule, a thiazole ring system derivative connected to naphthalene, is to be a promising and possible anticancer agent and its efficacy may be further explored in clinical studies., (© 2023 Wiley-VHCA AG, Zurich, Switzerland.)

Cancer is one of the severe diseases in which abnormal cells divide and proliferate in an uncontrolled manner without any regulation. Globally cancer is among the leading causes of death; according to a recent report of by the WHO, around 10 million people died in 2018 due to cancer. It has also been reported that by 2040, approximately 30 million new cases will be reported every year. The increase in the incidences of cancer is taking a toll on the health care system worldwide. Considerable scientific literature is available on anticancer agents but newer therapeutic strategies are still required in this field to address novel approaches to drug design and discovery to counter this problem. Imidazothiazole represents a privileged scaffold in medicinal chemistry and provides the medicinal chemist the possibility to modulate the physiochemical properties of the lead compound. In recent times, imidazothiazole scaffold is broadly explored for its anticancer activity, which acts through various mechanisms such as EGFR, B-RAF, DHFR kinase inhibition and tubulin polymerization inhibition and other molecular mechanisms of action. Due to their feasible synthetic accessibility and promising pharmacological profile, it has attracted various medicinal chemists to explore and develop imidazothiazole derivatives as potent and safe anticancer agents. In the present article, we have reviewed various potent imidazothiazole scaffold-based derivatives reported as anticancer agents, their synthetic strategies, Structure Activity Relationship (SAR), mechanism of action, and molecular docking along with their future perspective. This review will be very useful for medicinal chemists for drug design and development of imidazothiazole-based potent antiproliferative agents., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)

Background: Indoline-2,3-dione comprises a leading course group of heterocycles endowed with appealing biological actions, including anticancer activity. There are significant justifications for exploring the anticancer activity of Schiff base derivatives of isatin as a vast number of reports have documented remarkable antiproliferative action of isatin nucleus against various cancer cell lines., Aims and Objectives: A series of arylthiazole linked 2H-indol-2-one derivatives (5a-t) was designed and synthesized as potential VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors keeping the essential pharmacophoric features of standard drugs, like sunitinib, sorafenib, nintedanib, etc. They were evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activity. The aim of this study was to investigate and assess the anticancer potential of isatin-containing compounds along with their kinase inhibition activity., Methods: The title compounds were synthesized by reacting substituted isatins with para-substituted arylthiazoles using appropriate reaction conditions. Selected synthesized derivatives went under preliminary screening against a panel of 60 cancer cell lines at NCI, the USA, for single-dose and five dose assays. Molecular docking was performed to explore the binding and interactions with the active sites of the VEGFR-2 receptor (PDB Id: 3VHE). Derivatives 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5g, 5h, and 5m were assessed for in vitro inhibition potency against Human VEGFR-2 using ELISA (Enzyme- Linked Immunosorbent Assay) kit. All the target compounds were determined against human colon cancer cell line SW480 (colorectal adenocarcinoma cells). Cellular apoptosis/necrosis was determined by flow cytometry using annexin V-FITC. DNA content of the cells was analyzed by flow cytometry and the cycle distribution was quantified., Results: Compounds 5a and 5g exhibited noteworthy inhibition during a five-dose assay against a panel of 60 cell lines with MID GI 50 values of 1.69 and 1.54 μM, respectively. Also, both the lead compounds 5a and 5g demonstrated promising VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity with IC 50 values of 5.43±0.95 and 9.63±1.32 μM, respectively. The aforesaid potent compounds were found effective against SW480 (colorectal adenocarcinoma cells) with IC 50 values of 31.44 μM and 106.91 μM, respectively. Compound 5a was found to arrest the cell cycle at the G 2 /M phase, increasing apoptotic cell death. The docking study also supported VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity as both compounds 5a and 5g displayed promising binding and interactions with the active sites of VEGFR-2 receptor (PDB: 3VHE) with docking scores - 9.355 and -7.758, respectively. All the compounds obeyed Lipinski's rule of five., Conclusion: Indoline-2,3-dione and thiazole have huge potential to be considered a steer combination approach for developing promising kinase inhibitors as cancer therapeutics., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)

Cancer is a heterogeneous disease characterized by an abnormal and uncontrolled division of the cells leading to tumors that invade the adjacent normal tissues. After cardiovascular diseases, it is the second most prevalent disease accounting for one in every six deaths worldwide. This alarming rate thus, demands an urgent need to investigate more effective drugs to combat the said disease. Oxygen and nitrogen-based heterocyclic compounds have shown remarkable therapeutic activity towards several diseases, including cancer. In this review, we have attempted to summarize the work done in the last decade (2009-2019), highlighting the anticancer activity of pyrido fused fivemembered heterocyclic ring derivatives. Additionally, we have focused on seven heterocyclic pyridine fused rings: Imidazopyridine, Triazolopyridine, Pyrrolopyridine, Pyrazolopyridines, Thienopyridine, and Isoxazolopyridine. A total of forty-nine compounds have been studied based on their invitro cytotoxic activity and their structure-activity relationship, underlining the anticancer activity of their various pharmacophores and substituents. This review, therefore, aims to draw the attention of the researchers worldwide towards the enormous scope of development of heterocyclic drug compounds, focussing mainly on pyrido fused five-membered heterocyclic rings as anticancer drugs., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.net.)

Cancer remains considered as one of the leading global health problems either due to meagre and suboptimal therapeutic response of chemotherapeutic agents or due to the emergence of spontaneous complex multidrug resistance in cancer cells. This created a persistent need for the development of new anticancer agents. Enthralled by the high success rate for natural product-based drug discovery and current research scenario, we synthesized a new series of 3,4,5-trimethoxy phenyl ring pendant sulfur-containingcyanopyrimidine derivatives clubbed with different amines intending to search an anticancer lead compound. To probe the anti-proliferative spectrum of the synthesized derivatives, an in-vitro evaluation was piloted against a panel of 60 cancer cell lines at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) representing major types of cancer diseases. Most of the derivatives showed good to moderate anti-proliferative activity. The results revealed that compound 4e displayed the most promising broad-spectrum anticancer activity with high growth inhibition of various cell lines representing multiple cancers diseases. Mechanistic investigation of compound 4e in human breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells showed that compound 4e triggers cell death through the induction of apoptosis. ADMET studies and reverse screening were also performed to identify the potential targets of designed molecules. It was concluded that 3,4,5-trimethoxy phenyl ring pendant sulfur-containingcyanopyrimidine derivative 4e could act as a promising hit molecule for further development of novel anticancer therapeutics., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

In this study, two series of imidazopyridine-linked thiazolidinone rings (5a-h and 6a-h) constituting 16 new compounds were synthesized and tested for their antiproliferative activity against a panel of three human cancer cell lines, that is, MCF-7 (human breast cancer), A549 (human lung cancer), and DU145 (human prostate cancer). Three compounds, 5h, 6f, and 6h, exhibited remarkable results against all three cell lines, but compound 6h was found to be the most active one against the breast cancer cell line. Among all the synthesized compounds, 6h displayed the highest antioxidant results. Furthermore, the potent compounds 5h, 6f, and 6h showed no signs of toxicity at doses ranging from 50 to 500 mg/kg of animal body weight. The biochemical parameters (SGOT and SGPT) of compound 6h nearly matched the control in hepatotoxicity studies. The molecular docking and MM-GBSADG binding studies are in agreement with the in vitro anticancer and antioxidant activity results. The most promising compound 6h was found to have the highest docking score and binding energy, and its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) parameters are in the acceptable range. Thus, it can be concluded that 6h, an imidazopyridine derivative endowed with a thiazolidinone ring system, has the potential to be developed as an anticancer agent., (© 2020 Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft.)

Furanone, a five-membered heteroaromatic ring containing oxygen atom, is of immense pharmaceutical importance. Presence of this nucleus in biologically active compounds of natural and synthetic origin has made it an indispensable motif for design and development of new therapeutic agents. In recent years synthesis of furanone derivatives and exploring their therapeutic actions has been the prime interest amongst researchers. Furanone containing compounds cover numerous therapeutic categories viz. Analgesic and anti-inflammatory, anticancer, anticonvulsant, antibacterial and antifungal, antioxidant, antiulcer and anti-TB, etc. There is a need to couple recent work done with previously available information on furanone, a well acknowledged scaffold, to help scientists to develop novel and new furanone based therapeutic agents at a faster pace. This updated review highlights the worth of numerous therapeutically active furanone based compounds developed by the medicinal chemists. SAR studies have also been derived which may be useful for rational designing of furanone derivatives with improved therapeutic index., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Design and synthesis of new pyrimidine derivatives clubbed with thiazolidin-4-one from 4-(2-chlorophenyl)-6-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrimidin-2-amine and their in vitro anticancer activities were screened at National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA against full NCI 60 cell lines. Compound 2 (NSC: 765735) exhibited remarkable growth inhibition at single dose (10 μM) and encourage chosen for broadcast at 10-fold dilutions of five different concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 μM). The compound 2 was found better quality for Lung cancer cell line (HOP-92) by viewing growth inhibition (GI50 0.52) and no cytotoxicity seen (LC50 > 100). Molecular docking study was performed using Maestro 9.0 (Schrodinger Inc. USA) to provide binding mode into binding sites of CDK2. Compound 2 could be used as a lead compound for developing new potential anticancer agents., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

The design and synthesis of substituted 1-(1-ethy-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) ethanone (3a-f) and substituted 1-(2-bromoethyl)-2- (1-hydrazinylidene or ethylidene)-1H-benzimidazole (3g-j) have been successfully achieved under microwave irradiation with an aim for finding promising anticancer agents. Among the synthetic compounds, those with potential activity were selected and evaluated in-vitro for anticancer activity at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA, against 60 cancer cell lines from nine types of human cancer. The title compound 3e (NSC: 765733/1) exhibited notable growth inhibition that satisfies threshold criteria at single dose (10 µM) on all human cell lines of NCI. This compound was considered for further study at five dose levels (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 µM) with GI50 values ranging from 0.19 to 92.7 µM. Compound 3e was found superior for Non-small cell lung cancer cell lines (HOP-92) and calculated end points (GI50 0.19, TGI 1.45, LC50 >100 and Log10GI50 -6.70, Log10TGI -5.84, Log10LC50 >-4.00). Docking study was performed using Maestro 9.0 to provide binding mode into binding sites of topoisomerase enzyme (PDB ID: 1SC7). Hopefully in the future, compound 3e could be used as novel template for the development of potential anticancer agents.

Two series of Benzimidazole clubbed with triazolo-thiadiazoles (5a-q, 5r, 5s and 5x-a(1)) and triazolo-thiadiazines (5t-w) were synthesized with an aim to produce promising anticancer agents. In vitro anticancer activities of synthesized compounds were investigated at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) against NCI 60 cell line panel; results showed good to remarkable broad-spectrum anticancer activity. Among them, the compound 5h (NCS: 760452, 1-(1H-benzo [d] imidazol-2-yl)-3-(6-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-3-yl) propan-1-one) exhibited significant growth inhibition with GI50 values ranging from 0.20 to 2.58 μM and found superior selectivity for the leukemia cell lines and further screened at 10-fold dilutions of five different concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 μM). The 5h may possibly be used as lead compound for developing new anticancer agents., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

The carbonic anhydrases (CAs, EC 4.2.1.1) constitute interesting targets for the design of pharmacological agents useful in the treatment or prevention of a variety of disorders such as, glaucoma, acid-base disequilibria, epilepsy, and other neuromuscular diseases, altitude sickness, edema, and obesity. A quite new and unexpected application of the CA inhibitors (CAIs) is with regard to their potential use in the management (imaging and treatment) of hypoxic tumors. A series of sulfonamides, including some clinically used derivatives like acetazolamide, methazolamide, ethoxzolamide, dichlorophenamide, dorzolamide, brinzolamide, benzolamide, and sulpiride, or indisulam, a compound in clinical development as antitumor drug, as well as the sulfamate antiepileptic drug topiramate have been reported to inhibit various human carbonic anhydrase isozyme. Various heterocyclic sulfonamides have been reported in this review with their potency to inhibit different carbonic anhydrases isozymes.

Two new series of benzimidazole bearing oxadiazole[1-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3-(5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)propan-1-ones (4a-l)] and triazolo-thiadiazoles[1-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3-(6-(substituted)-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazol-3-yl)propan-1-one (7a-e)] have been synthesized successfully from 4-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-4-oxobutanehydrazide (3) with an aim to produce promising anticancer agents. In vitro anticancer activities of synthesized compounds were screened at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA, according to their applied protocol against full NCI 60 human cell lines panel; results showed good to remarkable anticancer activity. Among them, compound (4j, NCS: 761980) exhibited significant growth inhibition and further screened at 10-fold dilutions of five different concentrations (0.01, 0.1, 1, 10 and 100 μM) with GI(50) values ranging from 0.49 to 48.0 μM and found superior for the non-small cell lung cancer cell lines like HOP-92 (GI(50) 0.49, TGI 19.9,LC(50) >100 and Log(10)GI(50) -6.30, Log(10)TGI -4.70, Log(10)LC(50) >-4.00)., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Starting from 4-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-4-oxobutanehydrazide (1), twenty new 1-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-5-substituted derivatives-2-yl)propan-1-ones (1b-A(7)(-)(26)) were synthesized under microwave irradiation in good yields. Further, compound 1b-A(7) was reacted with different secondary amines under microwave irradiation to produce five novel 1-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3-(5-(methyl substituted)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)propan-1-ones (1b-A(7a)(-)(e)). The title compounds were screened for their in vitro anticancer activity at National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA; at a single dose (10 μM) in NCI 60 cell line panel and results showed significant to good anticancer activity. One compound, 1b-A(18) (NSC: 759205), 1-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3-(5-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)propan-1-one, emerged as lead compound; it was selected for five-dose level screening and found to have significant growth inhibition activity., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

In order to obtain potential anticancer agents, hybrid compounds have been synthesized by coupling thiazolidinone and pyrazole scaffolds. Among the synthesized compounds, 2-(1,3-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-3-phenyl thiazolidin-4-one (4a) was found to be the most potent based on a docking (−9.307) and binding scores (−66.46), along with good ADME parameters. In vitro anticancer activity of compound 4a shows a maximum inhibition against lung cancer (NCI-H23) cell lines with a moderate inhibition rate of 31.01%. Molecular docking studies revealed that these hybrid compounds bind well to the active site of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors-gamma (PPAR-gamma). Doxorubicin was used as a positive control. It can be concluded that 4a having pyrazole-thiazolidinone ring systems has the potential to be developed as an anticancer agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In continuation to our previous studies on cyanopyrimidine derivatives as anticancer agents, we further designed, synthesized, and evaluated new 3,4,5‐trimethoxy phenyl ring pendant sulfur‐containing cyanopyrimidine derivatives (4a–m) with a particular lipophilic behavior. In this work, we have varied the chain length from isopropyl to isopentyl and evaluated their anticancer activities. To study the antiproliferative spectrum, in vitro evaluation was piloted against a panel of 60 cancer cell lines at the National Cancer Institute, United States. Compound 4g (NSC: D‐813664) displayed the most promising broad‐spectrum anticancer activity with high growth inhibition of various cell lines representing action against multiple cancers diseases. It showed percentage growth inhibition of 84.01 and 76.94 against SR leukemia and HCT‐116 colon cancer cell lines. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity studies and reverse screening were also performed to identify the potential targets of designed molecules. It was concluded that 6‐(3,4,5‐trimethoxyphenyl) pyrimidine‐5‐carbonitrile derivatives exhibited its anticancer activity through different targets and hence could be further structurally modified and optimized to develop more potent multi‐targeting anticancer agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present study, a novel series of new furanone-based benzothiazole derivatives (4a-j) were synthesized from 4-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-oxobutanoic acid (3) as potential anticancer agents. In vitro cytotoxicity against three human cancer cell lines (A549, MCF7, and DUI45) revealed substantial activity. Di-substituted compound, 4i emerged as a promising anticancer compound which showed IC50 values of 7.2 ± 0.5, 6.6 ± 1.4, and 7.3 ± 0.1 µM against A549, MCF7, and DUI45 cell lines, respectively. Four compounds 4c, 4e, 4f, and 4i evaluated for their acute toxicity were found to be non-toxic on the two vital organs (liver and heart). Further, these compounds were found to be more efficient and less hepatotoxic in comparison to standard drug doxorubicin. Molecular docking studies carried out with VEGFR-2 revealed compounds 4a and 4i as potential VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors. In silico ADME evaluation was carried out to estimate and predict drug-likeness. Compound 4i demonstrated the best ADME parameters. Based on the results of docking analyses, ADME, and in vitro cytotoxicity, compound 4i is identified as the lead compound for further development of anticancer agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In current review, authors aim to inspire the researcher through structure activity relationship strategy for the finding of safe and effective anticancer molecules. Nowadays cancer is measured as one of the major health problems in human beings in the world from decades. A classes of heterocyclic compounds have been recognized through molecular biology, empirical screening and rational drug development for the evaluation of anticancer mole cules however regrettably, till now we could not find a medicine to be entirely active and nontoxic for the treatment of cancer patients. In pointed view, it might be measured that Thiazolidinedione (TZD) heterocyclic compounds are prodigious standing in the synthetic and pharmacological approach of medicinal chemistry. Thiazolidinedione (TZD) nucleus upon the substitution of various functional groups is provides a wide spectrum of biological activity by the use of different mechanism on d ifferent target sites. Recently, some of the substituted thiazolidinedione molecules are designed for the treatment of human cancers cell line through different molecular mechanism such as EGFR & Mushroom Tyrosine kinase inhibitor, COX enzyme inhibitors, Histone deacetylase inhibitors, Alpha glucosidase inhibitor, DNA intercalation and Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) inhibitor, basically in which PPAR gamma express are in high levels. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma ligands effect on apoptosis, cell proliferation and cell differentiation on different types of cell. The most commonly cascades in human cancers cell are Raf/MEK/ERK, Wnt and PI3/Akt. This article highlights and embraces a concise overview of recent approaches for the synthesis of new thiazolidinedione molecules with its structure activity relationship strategy and effects on various signaling pathways, which is responsible for the expresses of cancer cell line activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Myrica esculenta plant extracts have been reported for their anticancer properties. Also, albumin has been reported as a drug carrier due to non-immunogenic nature and ability to bypass the reticuloendothelial system (RES). In this study Myrica esculenta plant extract-based albumin nanoparticles (ME-BSANPs) were characterized and prepared for cancer therapy. The objective of this study is to enhance the absorption of the phytoconstituents and to improve cancer cell selectivity that leads to apoptosis. The prepared nanoparticles were examined for their morphological characteristics, such as, size, shape, surface charge, and stability. Furthermore, the design of expert (DOE) software was used to determine the formulation parameters. The size of the synthesized nanoparticles were analyzed and images were observed in the filed emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). In vitro studies of these nanoparticles were tested on cancer cell line (MIA PaCa-2) and resulted to cell cytotoxicity with an increase in the level of apoptosis or programmed cell death. The study of molecular docking was reported in Myrica esculenta bark. The docking was performed with BSA to check the binding affinity because BSA-based nanoparticles embedded with plant extract may interact with cancer targets. Docking studies revealed that the plant phytoconstituents have good binding affinity to BSA, which may carry these nanoparticles to target the cancer site to trigger apoptosis. These research findings suggest that the plant extract-loaded albumin-based nanoparticles could be a new development in cancer treatment. Also, these nanoparticles showed an excellent drug delivery and anticancer activities with fewer side effects. [Display omitted] • Myrica esculenta plant extracts demonstrated anticancer properties, making them a promising candidate for cancer therapy. • Albumin was chosen as a drug carrier because it easier for therapeutic agents to reach the right places. • The study focuses on the development and characterizing of ME BSANPs for cancer therapy, aiming to enhance the absorption of phytoconstituents selectivity, leading to apoptosis. • The nanoparticles were optimized using Design of Expert (DOE) software ensuring the effectiveness and safety of the nanoparticulate drug delivery system. • In vitro experiments using the MIA PaCa-2 cancer cell line showed cytotoxicity and increased apoptosis, highlighting the as effective anti-cancer agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]