Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38969677›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2024

Synthesis and in silico studies of certain benzo[f]quinoline-based heterocycles as antitumor agents.

Eman A E El-Helw, Mahmoud Asran, Mohammad E Azab, Maher H Helal, Abdullah Y A Alzahrani, Sayed K Ramadan

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Synthesis andRSC advances · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
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

6 authors.

Eman A E El-HelwChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5104-6170
Mahmoud AsranChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohammad E AzabChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4073-432X
Maher H HelalChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.
Abdullah Y A AlzahraniChemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Mohail Assir, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Sayed K RamadanChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt. sayed.karam2008@sci.asu.edu.eg.ORCID 0000-0003-2743-6544

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A series of benzoquinoline-employing heterocycles was synthesized by treating 3-chlorobenzo[f]quinoline-2-carbaldehyde with N-phenyl-3-methylpyrazolone, 4-aminoacetophenone, 1,2-diaminoethane, and 2-cyanoethanohydrazide. Also, pyridine, chromene, α,β-unsaturated nitrile, thiosemicarbazone, and 1,2-bis-aryl hydrazine derivatives were prepared from the cyanoethanohydrazone obtained. The DFT calculations and experiment outcomes were consistent. In vitro screening of their antiproliferative efficacy was examined against HCT116 and MCF7 cancer cell lines. The pyrazolone 2 and cyanoethanohydrazone 5 derivatives exhibited the most potency, which was demonstrated by their molecular docking towards the CDK-5 enzyme. The binding energies of compounds 2 and 5 were - 6.6320 kcal/mol (with RMSD of 0.9477 Å) and - 6.5696 kcal/mol (with RMSD of 1.4889 Å), respectively, which were near to that of co-crystallized ligand (EFP). This implies a notably strong binding affinity towards the CDK-5 enzyme. Thus, pyrazolone derivative 2 would be considered a promising candidate for further optimization to develop new chemotherapeutic agents. In addition, the ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion) analyses displayed its desirable drug-likeness and oral bioavailability properties.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsMolecular Docking SimulationQuinolinesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationComputer SimulationHCT116 CellsHeterocyclic CompoundsHumansMCF-7 CellsStructure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsHeterocyclic CompoundsQuinolinesAntiproliferativeBenzo[f]quinolineChromeneCyanoacetohydrazoneDockingIn silico studies

Identifiers

PMID38969677
PMCPMC11226639

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.