Aaysha Pandey, Shubham Sharma, Kamal Kishore, Swati Rani, Man Vir Singh, Gangotri Pemawat
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Abstract
β-lactam derivatives, carbazoles, isatin derivatives, pyrrolo-benzodiazepines (PBDs), and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines have demonstrated potential as anticancer agents among organic compounds. They exhibit substantial anticancer efficacy across several cancer cell lines, such as HL-60, THP-1, U-937, HeLa, PANC1, MDA-MB-231, and A549 cell lines. These compounds display a significant anticancer profile via diverse biological pathways such as DNA interaction, kinase inhibition, microtubule disruption, and enzyme inhibition. Their low IC50 values across various cell lines suggest their viability as strong candidates for targeted and multi-mechanistic cancer therapy, warranting further in vivo and clinical exploration. This review thoroughly summarized the anticancer efficacy of β-lactam derivatives, carbazoles, isatins, PBDs, and pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives.
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Asian Biomedicine: Research, Reviews and News (ISSN 1905-7415 print; 1875-855X online) is published in one volume (of 6 bimonthly issues) a year since 2007. [...]Asian Biomedicine is an international, general medical and biomedical journal that aims to publish original peer-reviewed contributions dealing with various topics in the biomedical and health sciences from basic experimental to clinical aspects. The work and authorship must be strongly affiliated with a country in Asia, or with specific importance and relevance to the Asian region. The Journal will publish reviews, original experimental studies, observational studies, technical and clinical (case) reports, practice guidelines, historical perspectives of Asian biomedicine, clinicopathological conferences, and commentaries
Asian biomedicine is intended for a broad and international audience, primarily those in the health professions including researchers, physician practitioners, basic medical scientists, dentists, educators, administrators, those in the assistive professions, such as nurses, and the many types of allied health professionals in research and health care delivery systems including those in training.