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ReviewFuture medicinal chemistry2025

Spirocyclic compounds: potential drug leads in the fight against

Pardeep Kumar, Anuradha Singampalli, Rani Bandela, Bellapukonda Srimounika, Sugali Indravath Rajyalakshmi, Ankita Devi, Srinivas Nanduri, Yaddanapudi Venkata Madhavi

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Review in Future medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Pardeep KumarDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Anuradha SingampalliDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Rani BandelaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Bellapukonda SrimounikaDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Sugali Indravath RajyalakshmiDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Ankita DeviDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Srinivas NanduriDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.
Yaddanapudi Venkata MadhaviDepartment of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9813-8694

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

TB drug discovery needs scientists' attention since drug resistance in TB, including extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), is a major healthcare concern. Since millions of fatalities from tuberculosis are recorded each year, there is an urgent need to discover new anti-tubercular medications that will either eradicate or control the disease. Spiro compounds have garnered a lot of attention in medicinal chemistry these days because of various biological activities mainly because of their adaptability and structural resemblance to significant pharmacophores. This article overviews the synthesis and activity of spirocyclic compounds as anti-tubercular agents. Both synthesized and naturally occurring spiro chemicals exhibit antitubercular properties. The promising antitubercular potential shown by some of the spirocyclic compounds has attracted scientists to explore them further to develop molecules with improved pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties and new mechanisms of action with enhanced safety and efficacy in tuberculosis. The current review covers the exploration of spiro compounds from the year 2004 to 2024 for the combat of Tuberculosis. This review gives the comprehensive advancements in this scaffold which would help the logical design of powerful, less toxic, and more effective spirocyclic anti-TB medicinal molecules.

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Antitubercular AgentsMycobacterium tuberculosisSpiro CompoundsTuberculosisAnimalsDrug DiscoveryHumansMolecular StructureAntitubercular AgentsSpiro Compoundsanti-tubercular agentsdrug resistanceMycobacterium tuberculosisspiro compoundssynthesis

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PMID40103373
PMCPMC12026180

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