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ReviewMini reviews in medicinal chemistry2025

Recent Development in Hydantoins, Thiohydantoins, and Selenohydantoins as Anticancer Agents: Structure-activity Relationship and Design Strategies.

Ajay Kumar Gupta, Gajendra Singh Thakur, Sanmati Kumar Jain

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Review in Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ajay Kumar GuptaDrug Discovery and Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, 495009, Chhattisgarh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9286-0475
Gajendra Singh ThakurDrug Discovery and Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, 495009, Chhattisgarh, India.ORCID 0009-0004-6182-334X
Sanmati Kumar JainDrug Discovery and Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur, 495009, Chhattisgarh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4798-7151

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydantoin, a five-membered heterocyclic scaffold, is regarded as a crucial scaffold in medicinal chemistry. Hydantoins have been useful in synthesizing medicines like nilutamide, enzalutamide, and apalutamide. Thiohydantoin and selenohydantoin have been discovered as two separate types of hydantoin. There are two hydrogen bond donors, two hydrogen bond acceptors, and four substitution sites. These characteristics have led to the design, synthesis, and expansion of hydantoin derivatives' biological and pharmacological effects against numerous types of malignancies. This study reviews the recent contributions of hydantoin and its isosteric variants to medicinal chemistry. To emphasize their significance, certain significant compounds based on hydantoins and their structure activity relationships (SAR) are briefly discussed. We thoroughly analyzed each scaffolds' structural characteristics and SAR, and these scaffolds may one day show potential anticancer activities.

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Antineoplastic AgentsDrug DesignHydantoinsNeoplasmsOrganoselenium CompoundsThiohydantoinsCell ProliferationHumansMolecular StructureStructure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsHydantoinsOrganoselenium CompoundsThiohydantoins2-selenohydanoin2-thiohydantoin4-dioneanticancer activityHydantoinhydrogen bond.imidazolidine-2

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PMID39810539

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