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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Boronic Acids and Their Derivatives in Medicinal Chemistry: Synthesis and Biological Applications.

Mariana Pereira Silva, Lucília Saraiva, Madalena Pinto, Maria Emília Sousa

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Boron in Diet and Medicine: Mechanisms of Delivery and Detection.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. Recent Development of Boron-Containing Small-Molecule Anticancer Agents.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mariana Pereira SilvaCIIMAR, Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Lucília SaraivaLAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9531-4939
Madalena PintoCIIMAR, Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4676-1409
Maria Emília SousaCIIMAR, Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5397-4672

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia UIDB/04423/2020, UIDP/04423/2020, PTDC/SAU-PUB/28736/2017 (reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028736)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boron containing compounds have not been widely studied in Medicinal Chemistry, mainly due to the idea that this group could confer some toxicity. Nowadays, this concept has been demystified and, especially after the discovery of the drug bortezomib, the interest for these compounds, mainly boronic acids, has been growing. In this review, several activities of boronic acids, such as anticancer, antibacterial, antiviral activity, and even their application as sensors and delivery systems are addressed. The synthetic processes used to obtain these active compounds are also referred. Noteworthy, the molecular modification by the introduction of boronic acid group to bioactive molecules has shown to modify selectivity, physicochemical, and pharmacokinetic characteristics, with the improvement of the already existing activities. Besides, the preparation of compounds with this chemical group is relatively simple and well known. Taking into consideration these findings, this review reinforces the relevance of extending the studies with boronic acids in Medicinal Chemistry, in order to obtain new promising drugs shortly.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsAntiviral AgentsBoronic AcidsChemistry Techniques, SyntheticHumansAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsAntiviral AgentsBoronic Acidsbiological applicationsboron-containing compoundsboronic acidssynthesis of boronic acid derivatives

Identifiers

PMID32967170
PMCPMC7571202

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