Title:Synthetic and Medicinal Perspective of Fused-Thiazoles as Anticancer Agents
Volume: 21
Issue: 11
Author(s): Swati Pawar, Kapil Kumar, Manish K. Gupta and Ravindra K. Rawal*
Affiliation:
- Department of Chemistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-133207, Ambala, Haryana,India
Keywords:
Fused thiazole, cancer, inhibitors, cancer cell lines, heterocycles, chemotherapy.
Abstract:
Background: Cancer is second leading disease after cardiovascular disease. Presently, Chemotherapy,
Radiotherapy and use of chemicals are some treatments available these days. Thiazole and its hybrid compounds
extensively used scaffolds in drug designing and development of novel anticancer agents due to their
wide pharmacological profiles. Fused thiazole scaffold containing drugs are available in market as a promising
group of anticancer agents.
Methods: The detailed study has been done using different database that focused on potent thiazole hybrid compounds
with anticancer activity. The literature included in this review is focused on novel fused thiazole derivatives
exhibiting anticancer potency in last decade.
Results: Literature suggested that thiazoles and its fused and linked congener serve excellent pharmacological
profile as an anticancer agent. Various synthetic strategies for fused thiazole are also summarized in this article.
Novel thiazole and its fused congener showed anticancer activity against various cancer cell lines.
Interpretation: Thiazole is a promising scaffold reported in literature with broad range of biological activities.
This article covers the thiazole compounds fused with other carbocyclic/heterocycle including benzene, imidazole,
pyridine, pyrimidine, quinoline, phenothiazine, thiopyrano, steroids, pyrrole etc. with anticancer activity
from last decades. Several inhibitors for breast cancer, colon cancer, melanoma cancer, ovarian cancer, tubulin
cancer etc. were reported in this review. Thus, this review will definitely aid to develop a lead for the new selective
anticancer agents in future.