Abstract
Cancer is the main cause of death, and the emergence of resistance by cancer cells towards existing anticancer agents is one of the major problems for effective chemotherapy, creating a great demand for the development of novel anticancer drugs. Coumarins, abundantly found in nature, constitute an important class of pharmacological agents possessing physiological activities. The mechanism investigations elucidated that coumarins could lead to self-programmed cancer cell death (apoptosis) via different mechanisms; thereby coumarin-based derivatives possess potential activity against various forms of cancers, including drug-resistant, even multidrug-resistant cancers. This review article describes the recent progress in the discovery, structural modification, structure-activity relationship, and mechanism of action studies of coumarin-based derivatives with potential activity against drug-resistant cancers, covering articles published between 2010 and 2020.
Keywords: Coumarin, Natural product, Hybrid compounds, Cancer, Drug resistance, Mechanism of action.
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Coumarins as Potential Anti-drug Resistant Cancer Agents: A Mini Review
Volume: 21 Issue: 19
Author(s): Gangqiang Wang, Shaofa Sun, Bin Wu and Jikai Liu*
Affiliation:
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074,China
Keywords: Coumarin, Natural product, Hybrid compounds, Cancer, Drug resistance, Mechanism of action.
Abstract: Cancer is the main cause of death, and the emergence of resistance by cancer cells towards existing anticancer agents is one of the major problems for effective chemotherapy, creating a great demand for the development of novel anticancer drugs. Coumarins, abundantly found in nature, constitute an important class of pharmacological agents possessing physiological activities. The mechanism investigations elucidated that coumarins could lead to self-programmed cancer cell death (apoptosis) via different mechanisms; thereby coumarin-based derivatives possess potential activity against various forms of cancers, including drug-resistant, even multidrug-resistant cancers. This review article describes the recent progress in the discovery, structural modification, structure-activity relationship, and mechanism of action studies of coumarin-based derivatives with potential activity against drug-resistant cancers, covering articles published between 2010 and 2020.
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Wang Gangqiang , Sun Shaofa , Wu Bin and Liu Jikai *, Coumarins as Potential Anti-drug Resistant Cancer Agents: A Mini Review, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2021; 21 (19) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026620999201113110041
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026620999201113110041 |
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