Bhilare NV, Auti PB, Marulkar VS, Pise VJ. Diverse Thiophenes as Scaffolds in Anti-cancer Drug Development: A Concise Review.
Mini Rev Med Chem 2021;
21:217-232. [PMID:
33267760 DOI:
10.2174/1389557520666201202113333]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Thiophenes are one of the abundantly found heterocyclic ring systems in many biologically active compounds. Moreover, various substituted thiophenes exert numerous pharmacological actions on account of their isosteric resemblance with compounds of natural origin, thus rendering them with diverse actions like antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiallergic, hypotensives, etc. In this review, we specifically explore the chemotherapeutic potential of a variety of structures consisting of thiophene scaffolds as prospective anticancer agents.
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