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Recent advances in the halogenated spirooxindoles as novel anticancer scaffolds: chemistry and bioactivity approach.

Mohamed S Nafie, Ihab Shawish, Sherif Ashraf Fahmy, Mohamed K Diab, Mariam M Abdelfattah, Bassel M Hassen, Khaled M Darwish, Ayman El-Faham, Assem Barakat

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Review in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mohamed S NafieDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah Sharjah (27272) United Arab Emirates mohamed.elsayed@sharjah.ac.ae mohamed_nafie@science.suez.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4454-6390
Ihab ShawishDepartment of Math and Sciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Prince Sultan University Riyadh 11586 Saudi Arabia.
Sherif Ashraf FahmyDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, University of Marburg Robert-Koch-Str. 4 Marburg (35037) Germany sheriffahmy@aucegypt.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3056-8281
Mohamed K DiabPest Physiology Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center Giza (12311) Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7879-1357
Mariam M AbdelfattahCollege of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) 6th of October City Egypt.
Bassel M HassenCollege of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST) 6th of October City Egypt.
Khaled M DarwishDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University New Galala (P.O. 43713) Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0597-482X
Ayman El-FahamDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Dar Al Uloom University P. O. Box 45142 Riyadh 11512 Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3951-2754
Assem BarakatDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia ambarakat@ksu.edu.sa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7885-3201

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Halogenated spirooxindoles have garnered increasing attention as promising targeted anticancer therapy agents, owing to their improved binding affinity and ability to engage diverse molecular targets. These compounds demonstrate notable anticancer activity across various human malignancies, attributed to their selectivity targeting and reduced toxicity profiles. Functioning as multitarget agents, halogenated spirooxindoles exert biological effects through mechanisms including kinase inhibition, disruption of the MDM2-p53 interaction, DNA-binding modulation, and activation of apoptosis pathways. Their multifaceted activity profile supports their potential as next-generation anticancer agents, suggesting that further studies will be required in this direction.

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PMCPMC12210377

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