Several prodrugs of the naturally occurring combretastatins have undergone extensive clinical evaluation as vascular targeting agents (VTAs). Their increased selectivity toward endothelial cells together with their innate ability to rapidly induce vascular shutdown and inhibit tumor growth at doses up to 10-fold less than the maximum tolerated dose led to the clinical evaluation of combretastat...

Theranostic anticancer agents incorporating anticancer properties with capabilities for real-time treatment assessment are appealing candidates for chemotherapy. The design of mitochondria-targeted cytotoxic drugs represents a promising approach to target tumors selectively and overcome resistance to current anticancer therapies. In this work, three coumarin-appended phosphorescent cyclometalat...

UNLABELLED The aim of this investigation was to study the antioxidant and anticancer activities of young sprouts of some traditional Korean salad plants. Total phenolics, antioxidant and anticancer activities of the methanol extracts from young sprouts of 11 salad plants were determined. The highest amount of phenolics was found in methanol extracts of Euonymus alatus (235.7 mg kg(-1)), followe...

In recent years, researchers hunt for a novel anticancer agent mainly from plants. Phytochemicals and ubiquitous bioactive compound plays an important role in drug development. Among various phytochemicals, polyphenols have attracted considerable interest in the past few years due to their potential health benefits. One such phytochemical namely Coumarin (1,2-benzopyrone), a phenolic compound d...

A three-component reaction between 1,2-phenylenediamine, ferrocenecarbaldehyde, and isocyanides in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-toluenesulfonic acid for the synthesis of 3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2-amine derivatives containing a ferrocene unit is reported. This approach is an effective procedure because the products have a broad spectrum of biological and pharmacological activities such ...

To design new compounds suitable as starting points for anticancer drug development, we have synthesized a novel series of benzoxazoles with pharmaceutically advantageous piperazine and fluorine moieties attached to them. The newly synthesized benzoxazoles and their corresponding precursors were evaluated for cytotoxicity on human A-549 lung carcinoma cells and non-cancer HepaRG hepatocyes. Som...

The study describes the antibacterial and anticancer activities of a nanocomposite prepared by mixing zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles. The particle mixtures were analyzed by X-ray diffraction, Field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and dynamic light scattering techniques. Thus, analyzed samples were s...

The recommendations for the practical stability of anticancer drugs published in 2010 by the French Society of Hospital Pharmacists (SFPO) and the European Society of Oncology Pharmacists (ESOP) have been updated. Ten new molecules have been included (asparaginase, azacitidine, bevacizumab, clofarabine, eribuline mesylate, folinate sodium, levofolinate calcium, nelarabine, rituximab, temsirolim...

Banana (Musa paradisiaca) flower is rich in phytochemicals and exhibit antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer properties etc. The extract of banana showed promising therapeutic effects due to the presence minerals.

In this work, the electronic properties of BP and CSi Nano cones have been investigated by self-consistent reaction field (SCRF) method in water solvent at B3PW91/6-31G (d,p) level of DFT theory for study of  for interactions of 5-Fluorouracil Anticancer Drug with theses Nano cones. The percent of change of energy gap (%ΔEg) shows that the complex formation of 5-Fluorouracil with BP ...