Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42446693›Full record

ReviewMedicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents2026

Flavonoids as colchicine binding site inhibitors: emerging scaffolds in anticancer drug design.

Ahmed Maebed, Yuhanis Mhd Bakri, Yasser M Omar, Saripah Salbiah Syed Abdul Azziz, Abu-Baker M Abdel-Aal

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ahmed MaebedDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, 35900, Perak, Malaysia.
Yuhanis Mhd BakriDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, 35900, Perak, Malaysia.
Yasser M OmarInstitute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK.
Saripah Salbiah Syed Abdul AzzizDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, 35900, Perak, Malaysia.
Abu-Baker M Abdel-AalDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjung Malim, 35900, Perak, Malaysia. abubaker@fsmt.upsi.edu.my.

Funding

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia FRGS/1/2023/WAB13/UPSI/03/1, Grant Code 2023-0090-108-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tubulin inhibition remains a well-established strategy in anticancer therapy, mediated primarily through three binding sites on the α-β tubulin heterodimers: taxane, vinca, and colchicine binding site (CBS). Although several clinically approved drugs target the taxane and vinca sites, their efficacy is often compromised by multidrug resistance. In contrast, CBS remains an underexploited yet highly promising target, as no anticancer drug has been approved that specifically binds this site. Flavonoids, a diverse class of naturally occurring polyphenols, share structural features with colchicine and have emerged as potential CBS inhibitors with favourite safety profiles. Reported tubulin-inhibiting flavonoids encompass polymethoxylated (PMF), polyhydroxylated (PHF), and synthetic or semi-synthetic derivatives, with the most potent compounds exhibiting sub micromolar IC

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsColchicineDrug DesignFlavonoidsTubulin ModulatorsBinding SitesHumansStructure-Activity RelationshipTubulinAntineoplastic AgentsColchicineFlavonoidsTubulinTubulin ModulatorsAnticancerColchicine binding siteDrug designFlavonoidsMolecular dockingStructure-activity relationshipTubulin

Identifiers

PMID42446693
PMCPMC13369648

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.