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ReviewMedChemComm2017

Recent advances in combretastatin based derivatives and prodrugs as antimitotic agents.

Zaki S Seddigi, M Shaheer Malik, A Prasanth Saraswati, Saleh A Ahmed, Ahmed O Babalghith, Hawazen A Lamfon, Ahmed Kamal

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Review in MedChemComm, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Zaki S SeddigiDepartment of Environmental Health , College of Public Health and Health Informatics , Umm Al-Qura University , 21955 Makkah , Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4262-6090
M Shaheer MalikScience and Technology Unit , Umm Al-Qura University , 21955 Makkah , Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5916-9041
A Prasanth SaraswatiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology , CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology , Hyderabad 500 007 , India . Email: ahmedkamal@iict.res.in ; ; Tel: +91 40 27193157.ORCID 0000-0002-9809-8936
Saleh A AhmedDepartment of Chemistry , Faculty of Applied Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , 21955 Makkah , Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2364-0380
Ahmed O BabalghithDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine , Umm Al-Qura University , 21955 Makkah , Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6650-9158
Hawazen A LamfonDepartment of Biology , Faculty of Applied Sciences , Umm Al-Qura University , 21955 Makkah , Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4637-8872
Ahmed KamalDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology , CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology , Hyderabad 500 007 , India . Email: ahmedkamal@iict.res.in ; ; Tel: +91 40 27193157.ORCID 0000-0002-5750-2920
Umm al-Qura University · SAUniversity of Hyderabad · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dynamic and crucial role of tubulin in different cellular functions rendered it a promising target in anticancer drug development. Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4), an inhibitor of tubulin polymerization isolated from natural sources, is a lead molecule with significant cytotoxicity against tumour cells. Owing to its non polar nature it exhibits low solubility in natural biological fluids, thereby prompting the development of new CA-4 based derivatives. The modification of this lead molecule was mostly carried out by keeping the crucial

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PMID30108870
PMCPMC6072414
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