Title:Quinolones in the Search for New Anticancer Agents
Volume: 22
Issue: 39
Author(s): Pedro Netto Batalha, Maria Cecília Bastos Vieira de Souza, Eduardo Peña-Cabrera, David Cruz Cruz and Fernanda da Costa Santos Boechat
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Keywords:
Quinolones, cancer, topoisomerase, complexes, anticancer activity, photochemistry, natural products.
Abstract: Quinolones have a large bio-dynamicity. Although they are well known as antibacterials,
another important activity has been investigated – quinolones are able to inhibit
cancer cell proliferation. In view of the great versatility associated with the synthesis of
quinolones, many researchers have spent time and resources on the development of new
structurally diversified quinolone derivatives with the purpose of finding new possibilities
for cancer treatment. In this review some of the most recent advances in the search for new
quinolone anticancer agents are highlighted, with focus on naturally occurring substances,
bioactive metal complexes, molecular hybrids, photosensitizers and heterocycle condensed
quinolones.
