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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2021

The Expanding Role of Pyridine and Dihydropyridine Scaffolds in Drug Design.

Yong Ling, Zhi-You Hao, Dong Liang, Chun-Lei Zhang, Yan-Fei Liu, Yan Wang

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

90 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Novel Pyridine-Based Thiazolyl-Hydrazone as a Promising Attenuator ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yong LingDepartment of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
Zhi-You HaoSchool of Pharmacy, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, People's Republic of China.
Dong LiangState Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
Chun-Lei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines and Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for TCM Evaluation and Translational Development, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Yan-Fei LiuState Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yan WangHEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-9786-7492

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyridine-based ring systems are one of the most extensively used heterocycles in the field of drug design, primarily due to their profound effect on pharmacological activity, which has led to the discovery of numerous broad-spectrum therapeutic agents. In the US FDA database, there are 95 approved pharmaceuticals that stem from pyridine or dihydropyridine, including isoniazid and ethionamide (tuberculosis), delavirdine (HIV/AIDS), abiraterone acetate (prostate cancer), tacrine (Alzheimer's), ciclopirox (ringworm and athlete's foot), crizotinib (cancer), nifedipine (Raynaud's syndrome and premature birth), piroxicam (NSAID for arthritis), nilvadipine (hypertension), roflumilast (COPD), pyridostigmine (myasthenia gravis), and many more. Their remarkable therapeutic applications have encouraged researchers to prepare a larger number of biologically active compounds decorated with pyridine or dihydropyridine, expandeing the scope of finding a cure for other ailments. It is thus anticipated that myriad new pharmaceuticals containing the two heterocycles will be available in the forthcoming decade. This review examines the prospects of highly potent bioactive molecules to emphasize the advantages of using pyridine and dihydropyridine in drug design. We cover the most recent developments from 2010 to date, highlighting the ever-expanding role of both scaffolds in the field of medicinal chemistry and drug development.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAnimalsChemistry, PharmaceuticalDihydropyridinesDrug DevelopmentHumansPyridinesStructure-Activity RelationshipDihydropyridinesPyridinesbioactive compoundscurrent trendnitrogen heterocyclespharmaceuticalssubstituent effect

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PMID34675489
PMCPMC8520849

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