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ReviewChemMedChem2025

Recent Insights in Multi-Target Drugs in Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry.

Sadık Hüseyin Cemali, Samet Poyraz, Samet Belveren, Senanur Taş, Mehmet Ali Tamer, Naciye Yaktubay Döndaş, H Ali Döndaş, Jose Miguel Sansano

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Review in ChemMedChem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Probing novel azole-sulfonamide urea/thiourea conjugates as multitarget inhibitors of AChE and hCAs (I and II): synthesis, in vitro, and in silico studies.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Sadık Hüseyin CemaliFaculty of Pharmacy, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Samet PoyrazFaculty of Pharmacy, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Samet BelverenFaculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Mersin University, 33169, Mersin, Türkiye.
Senanur TaşDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Mehmet Ali TamerDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Naciye Yaktubay DöndaşDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
H Ali DöndaşFaculty of Pharmacy, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Çukurova University, Balcalı, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Jose Miguel SansanoDepartment of Organic Chemistry, Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) and Instituto de Síntesis Orgánica (ISO), University of Alicante, 03690, Alicante, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-2717

Funding

Çukurova University FYL-2023-15939Çukurova University TSA-2021-13814Çukurova University TSA-2022-15050Çukurova University TSA-2023-16116Çukurova University TYL-2024-17047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many of the drugs used in treatment today have been designed based on the "specificity paradigm". Resistance has developed against drugs designed using this approach, leading to a decrease in their effectiveness. In addition, it is well-documented in the literature that diseases with complex etiologies, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and cancer are influenced by multiple genetic and/or environmental factors. As a result, specificity paradigm is often insufficient for treating these diseases. Therefore, there is a need to develop drugs that interact with multiple targets simultaneously through different mechanisms. This review aims to provide an overview of the methods used in multitarget drug design, the reactions employed in the synthesis of these drugs, their applications, and recent research conducted in this field.

Indexed as

Chemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug DesignAlzheimer DiseaseAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMolecular StructureNeoplasmsParkinson DiseaseAntineoplastic Agentscancermolecular dockingmultitargeted drugsneurodegenerative diseasessynthesis methods

Identifiers

PMID40889776
PMCPMC12479389

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