Title:Recent Updates on the Anticancer Activity of Quinoxaline Hybrids (Jan.
2017-Jan. 2022)
Volume: 22
Issue: 17
Author(s): Lian-Shun Feng, Chuan Gao, Fa-Wu Liu, Xiao-Ping Wang*Zhi-Liu Zhang*
Affiliation:
- WuXi AppTec Co, Ltd, Shanghai, P.R. China
- WuXi AppTec Co, Ltd, Shanghai, P.R. China
Keywords:
Quinoxaline, Hybrid molecules, Drug resistance, Anticancer, Structure-activity relationships, Mechanism of action.
Abstract: Cancer being one of the leading causes of death among non-communicable diseases, has
already posed a heavy burden on the world health system. Chemotherapy is one of the most effective
approaches for cancer treatment, but multidrug resistance, lack of efficacy, and toxic side effects
hamper efficacious cancer chemotherapy, creating an urgent need to develop novel, more effective
and less toxic anticancer therapeutics. Quinoxalines, as fascinating structures, constitute an
important class of heterocycles in drug discovery. Quinoxaline hybrids could exert anticancer activity
through diverse mechanisms and possess profound in vitro and in vivo efficacy against various
cancers, including multidrug-resistant forms. Thus, quinoxaline hybrids represent useful templates
for the control and eradication of cancer. The purpose of the present review article is to provide
an emphasis on the recent developments (Jan. 2017-Jan. 2022) in quinoxaline hybrids with insights
into their in vitro and in vivo anticancer potential as well as structure-activity relationships
(SARs) to facilitate further rational design of more effective candidates.