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Current Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1389-4501
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Review Article

From Structure to Function: Isatin Derivatives as a Promising Class of Antiviral Agents

In Press, (this is not the final "Version of Record"). Available online 28 January, 2025
Author(s): Anshul Jamwal, Shagun Sharma, V.K Kapoor, Raveen Chauhan, Kamal Dua, Vikrant Dalwal, Akshay Kumar, Parteek Prasher and Poonam Negi*
Published on: 28 January, 2025

DOI: 10.2174/0113894501352560250115054156

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Abstract

A range of heterocyclic compounds, including Isatin (oneH-indole-2, 3-dione) and its by-products, have been shown to represent potential unit blocks in the synthesis of potential medicinal agents. Numerous studies have been carried out on isatin, its synthesis, biological uses, and its chemical composition since when it was discovered. Functionally, these isatin-containing heterocycles have demonstrated antibacterial, antidiabetic, antiviral, antitubercular, and anticancer properties, among many others. In vitro and In vivo efficaciousness of several Isatin moieties has been assessed in recent years based on their antimicrobial qualities. Isatin has shown great promise as a flexible heterocycle in the realm of drug development in recent years. Many viruses have caused extensive epidemics during the last 50 years, which have had detrimental effects on social, economic, and health conditions. The current unprecedented SARS-CoV-2 epidemic necessitates intensive research into the development of potent antiviral medications. It has been shown that Isatin, a flexible heterocycle, has a great deal of potential for drug development. Appropriately functionalized Isatin compounds have shown noteworthy and extensive antiviral activities throughout the last fifty years. The goal of this study is to gather all known data on Isatin derivatives' antiviral activity, emphasizing their structure-activity correlations as well as research on mechanistic and molecular modelling. We think that the scientific community will find this review to be a useful tool in the development of more efficient and powerful antiviral treatments based on Isatin scaffolds.

Keywords: Isatin, structure activity relationship, antiviral, isatin hybrids, SARS-CoV-2, N-Mannich bases.


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