Tailored quinolines demonstrate flexibility to exert antitumor effects through varied mechanisms - A medicinal perspective Review


Authors: Sharma, S.; Singh, A.; Sharma, S.; Sharma, R.; Singh, J.; Kinarivala, N.; Nepali, K.; Liou, J. P.
Review Title: Tailored quinolines demonstrate flexibility to exert antitumor effects through varied mechanisms - A medicinal perspective
Abstract: Background: Quinoline is considered to be a privileged heterocyclic ring owing to its presence in diverse scaffolds endowed with promising activity profiles. In particular, quinoline containing compounds have exhibited substantial antiproliferative effects through the diverse mechanism of actions, which indicates that the heteroaryl unit is flexible as well as accessible to subtle structural changes that enable its inclusion in chemically distinct anti-tumor constructs. Methods: Herein, we describe a medicinal chemistry perspective on quinolines as anticancer agents by digging into the peer-reviewed literature as well as patents published in the past few years. Results: This review will serve as a guiding tool for medicinal chemists and chemical biologists to gain insights about the benefits of quinoline ring installation to tune the chemical architectures for inducing potent anticancer effects. Conclusion: Quinoline ring containing anticancer agents presents enough optimism and promise in the field of drug discovery to motivate the researchers towards the continued explorations on such scaffolds. It is highly likely that adequate efforts in this direction might yield some potential cancer therapeutics in the future. © 2020 Bentham Science Publishers.
Keywords: cell line; cytotoxic; scaffold; anticancer; heterocycle; medicinal; quinoline
Journal Title: Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Volume: 21
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1871-5206
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers  
Date Published: 2021-01-01
Start Page: 288
End Page: 315
Language: English
DOI: 10.2174/1871520620666200908104303
PUBMED: 32900354
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Review -- Export Date: 4 January 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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