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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Thiophenes-Naturally Occurring Plant Metabolites: Biological Activities and In Silico Evaluation of Their Potential as Cathepsin D Inhibitors.

Sabrin R M Ibrahim, Abdelsattar M Omar, Alaa A Bagalagel, Reem M Diri, Ahmad O Noor, Diena M Almasri, Shaimaa G A Mohamed, Gamal A Mohamed

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Advances and opportunities for computational interrogation of plant proteins.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  7. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  13. Exploring Thiophene Derivatives: Synthesis Strategies and Biological Significance.Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sabrin R M IbrahimDepartment of Chemistry, Preparatory Year Program, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah 21442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6858-7560
Abdelsattar M OmarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9825-3465
Alaa A BagalagelDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Reem M DiriDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad O NoorDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Diena M AlmasriDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
Shaimaa G A MohamedFaculty of Dentistry, British University, Suez Desert Road, Cairo 11837, Egypt.
Gamal A MohamedDepartment of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally, thiophenes represent a small family of natural metabolites featured by one to five thiophene rings. Numerous plant species belonging to the family Asteraceae commonly produce thiophenes. These metabolites possessed remarkable bioactivities, including antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, larvicidal, antioxidant, insecticidal, cytotoxic, and nematicidal properties. The current review provides an update over the past seven years for the reported natural thiophene derivatives, including their sources, biosynthesis, spectral data, and bioactivities since the last review published in 2015. Additionally, with the help of the SuperPred webserver, an AI (artificial intelligence) tool, the potential drug target for the compounds was predicted. In silico studies were conducted for Cathepsin D with thiophene derivatives, including ADMET (drug absorption/distribution/metabolism/excretion/and toxicity) properties prediction, molecular docking for the binding interaction, and molecular dynamics to evaluate the ligand-target interaction stability under simulated physiological conditions.

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Asteraceaebioactivitiesbiosynthesiscathepsin Din silico studiesspectral datathiophenes

Identifiers

PMID35214871
PMCPMC8877444

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