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  2. 2-substituted benzothiazoles as antiproliferative agents: Novel insights on structure-activity relationships

2-substituted benzothiazoles as antiproliferative agents: Novel insights on structure-activity relationships

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2020 Dec 1:207:112762. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112762.
Alessandra Ammazzalorso 1 Simone Carradori 2 Rosa Amoroso 2 Inmaculada Fernández Fernández 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Pharmacy, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via Dei Vestini 31, 66100, Chieti, Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.ammazzalorso@unich.it.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacy, "G. D'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Via Dei Vestini 31, 66100, Chieti, Italy.
  • 3 Departamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Profesor García González, 2, 41012, Sevilla, Spain.
Abstract

Given the wide spectrum of biological activities, benzothiazoles represent privileged scaffolds in medicinal chemistry, useful in drug discovery programs to modulate biological activities of lead compounds. A large body of knowledge about benzothiazoles has been reported in scientific literature, describing their antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antiproliferative effects. This review summarizes the results obtained in the structure-activity relationship studies on antiproliferative benzothiazoles, focusing on 2-substituted derivatives and on mechanism of action responsible for the antitumor effects of this class of compounds.

Keywords

Anti-cancer agents; Benzothiazole; Kinase inhibitors; Molecular hybridization; Structure-activity relationships.

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