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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A Template-Based Approach for Guiding and Refining the Development of Cinnamon-Based Phenylpropanoids as Drugs.

Ngoc Uy Nguyen, Brendan David Stamper

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ngoc Uy NguyenPacific University School of Pharmacy, 222 S.E. 8th Avenue #451, Hillsboro, OR 97123, USA.
Brendan David StamperPacific University School of Pharmacy, 222 S.E. 8th Avenue #451, Hillsboro, OR 97123, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0343-9436
Pacific University Oregon · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStructure-activity relationships describe the relationship between chemical structure and biologic activity and are capable of informing deliberate structural modifications to a molecule in order enhance drug properties.

methodsHere, we present a subtle, yet unique twist on structure-activity relationships in which a collective biologic activity was measured among five cinnamon constituents with a shared phenylpropanoid template (cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid). This template-based approach utilized publicly available transcriptomic data through the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) to identify a fundamental biologic effect; in essence, a phenylpropanoid template effect.

resultsThe recurrent identification of cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and neuroactive ligand receptor pathways in each individual treatment condition strongly supports the fact that changes in gene expression within these pathways is a hallmark of the phenylpropanoid template. With a template effect identified, future structural modifications can be performed in order to overcome pharmacokinetic barriers to clinical use (i.e., traditional structure-activity relationship experiments). Moreover, these modifications can be implemented with a high degree of confidence knowing that a consistent and robust template effect is likely to persist.

conclusionWe believe this template-based approach offers researchers an attractive and cost-effective means for evaluating multicomponent natural products during drug development.

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AcroleinBiological ProductsCinnamatesCinnamomum zeylanicumDrug DesignDrug SynergismStructure-Activity RelationshipAcroleinBiological ProductscinnamaldehydeCinnamatescinnamic acidcinnamic acidscinnamonDAVIDdrug developmentgene expressionnatural productsphenylpropanoids

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PMID33050677
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