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Bridging the gap in Alzheimer's therapy: strategic design and SAR evolution of coumarin-based hybrids as potent MTDLs.

Omar K El-Mokaddem, Ghada F Elmasry, Walaa R Mahmoud, Lina M A Abdel Ghany

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Review in RSC advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Omar K El-MokaddemPostgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Egypt.
Ghada F ElmasryDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Kasr El-Aini Street Cairo 11562 Egypt ghada.elmasry@pharma.cu.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4445-5280
Walaa R MahmoudDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University Kasr El-Aini Street Cairo 11562 Egypt ghada.elmasry@pharma.cu.edu.eg.
Lina M A Abdel GhanyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology 6th of October City Egypt Lina.ameen@must.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3884-8755

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to their multitargeting potential, coumarin-based hybrid molecules represent a new and valuable drug development strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). This review summarizes recent advances in the design, synthesis, and evaluation of coumarin hybrids as multi-target-directed ligands (MTDLs) for AD. This review covers various coumarin hybrid classes, including those incorporating triazole, thiazole, quinoline, chalcone, and other pharmacophores, highlighting their diverse mechanisms of action, such as acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) inhibition, amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregation prevention, BACE-1 inhibition, MAO-B modulation, antioxidant activity, and metal ion chelation. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies have identified key structural features for optimal activity, including linker length, substitution patterns, and physicochemical properties influencing CNS penetration. Molecular docking and dynamics simulations reveal information about drug-target interactions and demonstrate the ability to engage multiple targets. Coumarin hybrids are already showing ecological

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