Selected hybrid natural products as tubulin modulators.

Bhanudas Dasari, Ravikumar Jimmidi, Prabhat Arya

European journal of medicinal chemistry 2015 Apr 13

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Modulators of microtubule dynamics have received increasing attention because of their potential to stop cancer growth. Although it belongs to the category of complex protein-protein interactions (PPIs), which are generally considered difficult to modulate through small molecules, the use of microtubule is considered a well-validated target. There are a number of bioactive natural products and related compounds that are currently in use as drugs or in clinical trials as next generation anti-cancer agents. The present review article is focused on two such bioactive natural products, epothilone and halichondrin B, and covers some of the key papers published after 2005 that outline various synthetic approaches to obtain next generation structural analogs as well as the synthesis of hybrid compounds. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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Bhanudas Dasari, Ravikumar Jimmidi, Prabhat Arya. Selected hybrid natural products as tubulin modulators. European journal of medicinal chemistry. 2015 Apr 13;94:497-508