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Pharmaceuticals, Volume 15, Issue 12

December 2022 - 147 articles

Cover Story: The design of drugs for multifactorial diseases is one of the most significant challenges for medicinal chemistry today. In this scenario, multitarget drugs appear attractive as they can simultaneously affect several biological mechanisms. In this work, we present the molecular docking-directed optimization of 5-aminoanthranilic acid derivatives, their in vitro evaluation, and the determination of their effects in an in vivo model of metabolic syndrome induced by a hypercaloric diet. The optimized compound simultaneously lowered glucose, triglyceride, and cholesterol levels after 14 days of oral administration. The evidence suggests that the mechanisms related to the biological effects of these new compounds result from an orchestrated and balanced activation between different PPAR subtypes and HMG-CoA inhibitory properties. View this paper
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Articles (147)

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,950 Views
17 Pages

Mitochondrion-Targeted NIR Therapeutic Agent Suppresses Melanoma by Inducing Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest via E2F/Cyclin/CDK Pathway

  • Changzhen Sun,
  • Jianv Wang,
  • Tong Xia,
  • Qin Sun,
  • Yijing He,
  • Hailan Wang,
  • Qizhou He and
  • Li Liu

19 December 2022

Malignant melanoma is the most fatal form of skin cancer worldwide, and earlier diagnosis and more effective therapies are required to improve prognosis. As a possible solution, near-infrared fluorescent heptamethine cyanine dyes have been shown to b...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
12,454 Views
16 Pages

19 December 2022

Hypotension induced by spinal anaesthesia is a common clinical complication associated with multiple perioperative adverse events. We conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis to confirm whether ondansetron could alleviate hypotension following s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,474 Views
19 Pages

19 December 2022

Isoliquiritigenin (ILQ) is a natural flavonoid with various pharmacological activities. In this study, we optimized the preparation method of self-nano-emulsion-loaded ILQ to further improve its bioavailability based on our previous study. In additio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,942 Views
19 Pages

Andrographolide Relieves Post-Operative Wound Pain but Affects Local Angiogenesis

  • Yi-Lo Lin,
  • Jiunn-Wang Liao,
  • Shunching Wang,
  • Badrinathan Sridharan,
  • Hsin-Ju Lee,
  • Ai Li,
  • Kai-Ming Chang,
  • Ching-Yang Wu,
  • Siendong Huang and
  • Kai-Ting Chang
  • + 3 authors

19 December 2022

Andrographolide (Andro), the major constituent of Andrographis paniculata Nees (Acanthaceae), is was known to reduces inflammatory reaction. In the current study, the ability of Andro to reduce pain sensation in a rat post-operative wound model was e...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
19,623 Views
35 Pages

19 December 2022

Recently, two oral-administered peptide pharmaceuticals, semaglutide and octreotide, have been developed and are considered as a breakthrough in peptide and protein drug delivery system development. In 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) app...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,891 Views
12 Pages

The Role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Systemic Sclerosis Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Martina Orlandi,
  • Laura Antonia Meliante,
  • Arianna Damiani,
  • Lorenzo Tofani,
  • Cosimo Bruni,
  • Serena Guiducci,
  • Marco Matucci-Cerinic,
  • Silvia Bellando-Randone and
  • Sara Tomassetti

19 December 2022

The role of Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) in the evaluation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) interstitial lung disease (ILD) is still controversial. The aim of this systematic literature review was to investigate the use of BAL in SSc-ILD, and to focus on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,847 Views
9 Pages

Kaempferol Interferes with Varicella-Zoster Virus Replication in Human Foreskin Fibroblasts

  • Subin Park,
  • Na-Eun Kim,
  • Bang Ju Park,
  • Hak Cheol Kwon and
  • Yoon-Jae Song

19 December 2022

Kaempferol, a natural flavonoid abundantly found in plants, is known to have pharmacological properties, such as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects. In this study, we investigated the antiviral effects of kaempferol against a varicella-zoster...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,425 Views
15 Pages

Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Bleomycin in Skin Using a Mimetic Tissue Model for Calibration

  • Andreas Traberg,
  • Fernanda E. Pinto,
  • Anders C. N. Hansen,
  • Merete Haedersdal,
  • Catharina M. Lerche and
  • Christian Janfelt

19 December 2022

The aim of Quantitative mass spectrometry imaging (Q-MSI) is to provide distribution analysis and quantitation from one single mass-spectrometry-based experiment, and several quantitation methods have been devised for Q-MSI. Mimetic tissue models bas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,685 Views
17 Pages

Challenges in the Pharmacotherapeutic Management of Pediatric Asthma

  • Ileana Ioniuc,
  • Ingrith Miron,
  • Vasile Valeriu Lupu,
  • Iuliana Magdalena Starcea,
  • Alice Azoicai,
  • Monica Alexoae,
  • Anca Adam Raileanu,
  • Felicia Dragan and
  • Ancuta Lupu

18 December 2022

Bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions in pediatric practice, with increasing prevalence hampered by poor socioeconomic impacts, leading to major public health issues. Considered as a complex heterogeneous syndrome, not a singl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,913 Views
20 Pages

Neuropharmacological Activities of Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & Baker f (Malvaceae)

  • Chrystyan Iván Bustos-Gómez,
  • Deisy Gasca-Martínez,
  • Eunice Yáñez-Barrientos,
  • Sergio Hidalgo-Figueroa,
  • Maria L. Gonzalez-Rivera,
  • Juan Carlos Barragan-Galvez,
  • Juan Ramón Zapata-Morales,
  • Mario Isiordia-Espinoza,
  • Alma Rosa Corrales-Escobosa and
  • Angel Josabad Alonso-Castro

18 December 2022

Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & Baker f (Malvaceae) is used for the folk treatment of mood disorders. C. aesculifolia bark was extracted in ethanol, and the extract (CAE) was chemically standardized using gas chromatography–mass spectr...

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