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Heterocyclic Compounds and their Biological Significance: A Review

Heterocyclic compounds form a major class of organic compounds. An enormous number of heterocyclic compounds are known today and this number is increasing rapidly due to their synthetic utility. Heterocyclic compounds dominate the field of biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, dyestuff, agricultural sciences and are of increasing importance in many other areas including polymers, adhesives and molecular engineering. Heterocyclic compounds played a vital role in the metabolism of all living cells. This review article covers the most active heterocyclic compounds that have shown substantial biological actions as antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antidepressant, antiulcer, antihelmintic and anticancer activity.
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A REVIEW: BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCES OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS.

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Heterocyclic derivatives have more interesting biological properties which hold a remarkable place in pharmaceutical industries due to their unique physiochemical properties and ease of adaption in various biological environments. Of many, the above-said derivatives have been recently examined for their promising action against a few malignancies. Specifically, anti-cancer research has benefited from these derivatives’ natural flexibility and dynamic core scaffold. In any case, concerning some other promising anti-cancer drugs, heterocyclic derivative doesn’t come without deficiencies. To be a successful drug candidate it should poses Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Eliminations (ADME) parameter, and must also have good binding interaction towards carrier protein as well as DNA and less in toxic nature, economically feasible. In this review, we described the overview of biologically important heterocyclic derivatives and their main application in medicine. Further, we focus types of biophysical techniques to understand the binding interaction mechanism.
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A Review of the Biological Activities of Heterocyclic Compounds Comprising Oxadiazole Moieties
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- 2 School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, P.R. China.
- 3 Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
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The oxadiazole core is considered a privileged moiety in many medicinal chemistry applications. The oxadiazole class includes 1,2,3-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, and 1,2,5-oxadiazole. Compounds bearing an oxadiazole ring show a wide range of biological activities, such as anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, and insecticidal properties. Among oxadiazoles, the 1,3,4-oxadiazole has been the most widely explored moiety in medicinal chemistry research. This review is primarily focused on the anticancer, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities of compounds containing 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,2,5-oxadiazole reported in the last five years.
Keywords: Anti-inflammatory; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Heterocyclic compounds; Oxadiazole; SAR.
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A Review of the Biological Activities of Heterocyclic Compounds Comprising Oxadiazole Moieties
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Published on: 02 March, 2022
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DOI: 10.2174/1568026622666220202123651

The oxadiazole core is considered a privileged moiety in many medicinal chemistry applications. The oxadiazole class includes 1,2,3-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, and 1,2,5-oxadiazole. Compounds bearing an oxadiazole ring show a wide range of biological activities, such as anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, and insecticidal properties. Among oxadiazoles, the 1,3,4-oxadiazole has been the most widely explored moiety in medicinal chemistry research. This review is primarily focused on the anticancer, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities of compounds containing 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,2,5-oxadiazole reported in the last five years.
Keywords: Heterocyclic compounds , Oxadiazole , Anticancer , Antibacterial , Anti-inflammatory , SAR.
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Title: A Review of the Biological Activities of Heterocyclic Compounds Comprising Oxadiazole Moieties
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Author(s): Ban-Feng Ruan, Qing-Lei Guo, Qing-Shan Li, Lu-Zhi Li, Girdhar Singh Deora*Ben-Guo Zhou*
Abstract: The oxadiazole core is considered a privileged moiety in many medicinal chemistry applications. The oxadiazole class includes 1,2,3-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, and 1,2,5-oxadiazole. Compounds bearing an oxadiazole ring show a wide range of biological activities, such as anticancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-malarial, and insecticidal properties. Among oxadiazoles, the 1,3,4-oxadiazole has been the most widely explored moiety in medicinal chemistry research. This review is primarily focused on the anticancer, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities of compounds containing 1,2,4-oxadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole and 1,2,5-oxadiazole reported in the last five years.
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Youssef FS, Ashour ML, Singab ANB, Wink M. A Comprehensive Review of Bioactive Peptides from Marine Fungi and Their Biological Significance. Marine Drugs . 2019; 17(10):559. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17100559
Youssef, Fadia S., Mohamed L. Ashour, Abdel Nasser B. Singab, and Michael Wink. 2019. "A Comprehensive Review of Bioactive Peptides from Marine Fungi and Their Biological Significance" Marine Drugs 17, no. 10: 559. https://doi.org/10.3390/md17100559
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