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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Biologically Active Benzimidazole Hybrids as Cancer Therapeutics: Recent Advances.

Mohamed A S Badawy, Stefan Bräse, Taha F S Ali, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, Hamdy M Abdel-Rahman

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mohamed A S BadawyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Merit University (MUE), Sohag 82755, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0145-7868
Stefan BräseInstitute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4845-3191
Taha F S AliDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8881-0408
Mohamed Abdel-AzizDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt.
Hamdy M Abdel-RahmanDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-1355-8380

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a highly significant medical concern, as it is the second most prevalent cause of mortality after cardiovascular diseases. It arises due to dysregulated cell cycle control, leading to a gradual decline in cellular differentiation and unrestricted cellular proliferation. Therefore, the primary objective for researchers is to develop a cancer treatment that addresses drug resistance while providing effective therapeutic benefits and minimizing side effects. Benzimidazole has garnered significant attention because it serves as an auxiliary isostere of nucleotides, which are found in several natural and biologically active molecules. Benzimidazole compounds possess a privileged pharmacophore that exhibits various pharmacological actions. Several benzimidazole derivatives exhibit dual or multiple anticancer properties through diverse mechanisms, focusing on specific compounds or employing strategies that are not gene specific. Furthermore, many drugs based on benzimidazole have previously been approved to treat cancer. This comprehensive review encompasses the most important reports on various benzimidazole hybrids, highlighting their anticancer significance, mechanism of action, and structure-activity relationships from 2005 up to 2025. These provide valuable knowledge for designing effective anticancer drugs.

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anticancer agentsbenzimidazole derivativesdockingmechanisms of actionstructure–activity relationshiptarget proteins

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PMID41155569
PMCPMC12566634

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