Search Results - "Sancineto, Luca"
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Ebselen and Analogues: Pharmacological Properties and Synthetic Strategies for Their Preparation
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (12-07-2021)“…Ebselen is the leader of selenorganic compounds, and starting from its identification as mimetic of the key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase, several…”
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New Halogen-Containing Drugs Approved by FDA in 2021: An Overview on Their Syntheses and Pharmaceutical Use
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (02-03-2022)“…This review describes the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs (in the year 2021) containing at least one halogen atom (covalently bound)…”
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Flow Biocatalysis: A Challenging Alternative for the Synthesis of APIs and Natural Compounds
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (20-01-2021)“…Biocatalysts represent an efficient, highly selective and greener alternative to metal catalysts in both industry and academia. In the last two decades, the…”
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New Insights into Green Protocols for Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin and Lignin Model Compounds
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (15-04-2022)“…Oxidative depolymerization of lignin is a hot topic in the field of biomass valorization. The most recent and green procedures have been herein detailed…”
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Continuous Bioinspired Oxidation of Sulfides
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (11-06-2020)“…A simple, efficient, and selective oxidation under flow conditions of sulfides into their corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones is reported herein, using as a…”
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"Green Is the Color": An Update on Ecofriendly Aspects of Organoselenium Chemistry
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (28-02-2022)“…Organoselenium compounds have been successfully applied in biological, medicinal and material sciences, as well as a powerful tool for modern organic…”
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Synthesis of Spirooxindole Oxetanes Through a Domino Reaction of 3‐Hydroxyoxindoles and Phenyl Vinyl Selenone
Published in European journal of organic chemistry (01-09-2019)“…An unprecedented Michael/intramolecular etherification cascade reaction of phenyl vinyl selenone with 3‐hydroxyoxindoles under aqueous basic conditions at room…”
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Selenium Catalyzed Oxidation of Aldehydes: Green Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids and Esters
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (08-06-2015)“…The stoichiometric use of hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a selenium-containing catalyst in water is here reported as a new ecofriendly protocol for the…”
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FDA-Approved Small Molecules in 2022: Clinical Uses and Their Synthesis
Published in Pharmaceutics (21-11-2022)“…This review describes the recently FDA-approved drugs (in the year 2022). Many of these products contain active moieties that FDA had not previously approved,…”
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Organic Diselenides: Versatile Reagents, Precursors, and Intriguing Biologically Active Compounds
Published in Chimia (27-09-2017)“…In this account, we describe how some organic diselenides were successfully used in the past as reagents for asymmetric stereoselective synthesis and more…”
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Diselenides and Benzisoselenazolones as Antiproliferative Agents and Glutathione-S-Transferase Inhibitors
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (11-08-2019)“…A series of variously functionalized selenium-containing compounds were purposely synthesized and evaluated against a panel of cancer cell lines. Most of the…”
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Top Selling (2026) Small Molecule Orphan Drugs: A Journey into Their Chemistry
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (04-01-2023)“…This review describes, from a chemical point of view, the top "blockbuster" small molecule orphan drugs according to their forecasted sales in 2026. Orphan…”
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Simple Zn-Mediated Seleno- and Thio-Functionalization of Steroids at C-1 Position
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (11-03-2022)“…Here we report the reaction in the biphasic system of the in situ prepared selenols and thiols with 1,4-androstadiene-3,17-dione ( ) or prednisone acetate ( )…”
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Chalcogenium-AZT Derivatives: A Plausible Strategy To Tackle The RT-Inhibitors-Related Oxidative Stress While Maintaining Their Anti- HIV Properties
Published in Current medicinal chemistry (01-01-2023)“…This study presents the synthesis and multi-target behavior of the new 5'-hydroxy-3-(chalcogenyl-triazoyl)-thymidine and the biological evaluation of these…”
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New insights in the mechanism of the SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibition by benzisoselenazolones and diselenides
Published in Scientific reports (21-10-2024)“…Although global vaccination campaigns alleviated the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in terms of morbidity and mortality, the ability of the virus to originate mutants may…”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of new nitrogen-containing diselenides
Published in European journal of medicinal chemistry (24-11-2014)“…The antioxidant properties of organoselenium compounds have been extensively investigated with the aim of developing new drugs, since oxidative stress is…”
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Water and Aqueous Mixtures as Convenient Alternative Media for Organoselenium Chemistry
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (06-11-2016)“…Even if water is the natural environment for bioorganic reactions, its use in organic chemistry is often severely limited by the high insolubility of the…”
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Sweet Selenium: Synthesis and Properties of Selenium-Containing Sugars and Derivatives
Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) (26-08-2020)“…In the last decades, organoselenium compounds gained interest due to their important biological features. However, the lack of solubility, which characterizes…”
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l-Arginine Improves Solubility and ANTI SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Activity of Rutin but Not the Antiviral Activity in Cells
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (07-10-2021)“…The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak prompts an urgent need for efficient therapeutics, and repurposing of known drugs has been extensively used in an attempt to get…”
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Structural Investigation of Cycloheptathiophene-3-carboxamide Derivatives Targeting Influenza Virus Polymerase Assembly
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (27-12-2013)“…The limited number of drug classes licensed for treatment of influenza virus (Flu), together with the continuous emergence of viral variants and drug resistant…”
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