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A Review on Chemical Profile of Coumarins and their Therapeutic Role in the Treatment of Cancer
- Source :
- Current Drug Delivery. 13:186-201
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2016.
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Abstract
- Coumarin class of organic compounds consists of 1,2-benzopyrone ring system as a basic parent scaffold. These benzopyrones are subdivided into alpha-benzopyrones and gammabenzopyrones; with coumarin class of compounds belonging to alpha-benzopyrones. Since the last few years, coumarins were synthesized in many of their derivative forms. Their pharmacological, therapeutic and biochemical properties depend upon their pattern of substitution. Coumarins exhibit a wide range of pharmacological activities, which includes anti-diabetic, anti-viral, anti-microbial, anticancer, anti-oxidant, anti-parasitic, anti-helminthic, anti-proliferative, anti-convulsant, anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive activities. Among these properties, the present review article compiles the detailed research findings of coumarins as anti-cancer agents. Research reports reveal that coumarins inhibit human malignant tumor cell lines in vitro and also show anti-proliferative activity against many mammalian tumors in vivo. Clinical trials conducted on these coumarin class of compounds showed promising activity against several types of cancer such as breast cancer, lung cancer, malignant melanoma, prostate cancer and metastatic renal cell carcinoma etc. This review presents a comprehensive and up to date literature survey on coumarins as anti-cancer agents. Furthermore, a detailed overview of various clinical trials conducted on coumarin class of compounds tested for various types of malignancies has been described.
- Subjects :
- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical Science
Antineoplastic Agents
Pharmacology
010402 general chemistry
01 natural sciences
Prostate cancer
chemistry.chemical_compound
Breast cancer
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
Coumarins
In vivo
Neoplasms
medicine
Animals
Humans
heterocyclic compounds
Lung cancer
Clinical Trials as Topic
010405 organic chemistry
business.industry
Cancer
medicine.disease
Coumarin
0104 chemical sciences
Review article
chemistry
business
Literature survey
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15672018
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Drug Delivery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5cbe87bb5d39410bbba6506e27346718