A review on anticancer potential of bioactive heterocycle quinoline

Obaid Afzal, Suresh Kumar, Md Rafi Haider, Md Rahmat Ali, Rajiv Kumar, Manu Jaggi, Sandhya Bawa

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Abstract

The advent of Camptothecin added a new dimension in the field anticancer drug development containing quinoline motif. Quinoline scaffold plays an important role in anticancer drug development as their derivatives have shown excellent results through different mechanism of action such as growth inhibitors by cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, inhibition of angiogenesis, disruption of cell migration, and modulation of nuclear receptor responsiveness. The anti-cancer potential of several of these derivatives have been demonstrated on various cancer cell lines. In this review we have compiled and discussed specifically the anticancer potential of quinoline derivatives, which could provide a low-height flying bird's eye view of the quinoline derived compounds to a medicinal chemist for a comprehensive and target oriented information for development of clinically viable anticancer drugs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)871-910
Number of pages40
JournalEuropean Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume97
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Anticancer
  • Drug development
  • Quinoline

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