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ReviewCurrent topics in medicinal chemistry2024

Benzimidazole as a Privileged Scaffold in Drug Design and Discovery.

Ram Kumar, Arockia Babu Marianesan, Shilpi Pathak

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Review in Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ram KumarInstitute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281406, India.
Arockia Babu MarianesanInstitute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281406, India.
Shilpi PathakInstitute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281406, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benzimidazole is a privileged drug design and discovery scaffold with various pharmacological activities, including antimicrobial, anticancer, antitubercular, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, antimalarial, and many more. This scaffold can be observed in the structure of numerous FDA-approved drugs and employed in medicinal chemistry to develop novel bioactive compounds through rational drug design. Its broad pharmacological significance is due to physicochemical attributes, including H-bond donor-acceptor efficiency, π-π stacking interactions, and hydrophobic interactions; these characteristics enable benzimidazole derivatives to bind with macromolecules efficiently. This article emphasizes mechanisms, SAR, and docking studies to unveil benzimidazole's various active hybrids accountable for diversified activities. It will assist researchers in strategically designing various novel benzimidazole-endowed hybrids to develop clinically active therapeutic candidates.

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BenzimidazolesDrug DesignDrug DiscoveryAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Infective AgentsAntineoplastic AgentsbenzimidazoleBenzimidazolesHypoglycemic Agentsanticancerantimicrobialantitubercular.Benzimidazoledockingpharmacological activitySAR

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PMID38818908

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