Abstract
Organoselenium compounds are molecules with important potential therapeutic applications. Seleniumcontaining 5-membered heterocycles have emerged as an important class of biological compounds. In the past five years, several articles related to the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of these compounds have been published. These heterocycles have been applied as antioxidants, cytotoxic agents, apoptosis inducers and chemopreventors, and they possess antidepressant activity, among others. This review describes the methodologies involved in the synthesis of biologically significant selenium-containing 5-membered heterocycles from 2010 to the present.
Keywords: Anticancer, antioxidant, diselenide, ebselen, heterocycle, selenium, selenazole, selenide.
Current Organic Chemistry
Title:Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Selenium-containing 5-Membered Heterocycles
Volume: 20 Issue: 2
Author(s): Jamal Rafique, Romulo F. S. Canto, Sumbal Saba, Flavio A. R. Barbosa and Antonio L. Braga
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Keywords: Anticancer, antioxidant, diselenide, ebselen, heterocycle, selenium, selenazole, selenide.
Abstract: Organoselenium compounds are molecules with important potential therapeutic applications. Seleniumcontaining 5-membered heterocycles have emerged as an important class of biological compounds. In the past five years, several articles related to the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of these compounds have been published. These heterocycles have been applied as antioxidants, cytotoxic agents, apoptosis inducers and chemopreventors, and they possess antidepressant activity, among others. This review describes the methodologies involved in the synthesis of biologically significant selenium-containing 5-membered heterocycles from 2010 to the present.
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Rafique Jamal, F. S. Canto Romulo, Saba Sumbal, A. R. Barbosa Flavio and L. Braga Antonio, Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Selenium-containing 5-Membered Heterocycles, Current Organic Chemistry 2016; 20 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272819666150810222057
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272819666150810222057 |
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