Molecules (Dec 2022)

Recent Advancement in Drug Design and Discovery of Pyrazole Biomolecules as Cancer and Inflammation Therapeutics

  • Md. Jahangir Alam,
  • Ozair Alam,
  • Mohd. Javed Naim,
  • Farah Nawaz,
  • Ajay Manaithiya,
  • Mohd Imran,
  • Hamdy Khamees Thabet,
  • Sultan Alshehri,
  • Mohammed M. Ghoneim,
  • Prawez Alam,
  • Faiyaz Shakeel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27248708
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 24
p. 8708

Abstract

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Pyrazole, an important pharmacophore and a privileged scaffold of immense significance, is a five-membered heterocyclic moiety with an extensive therapeutic profile, viz., anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-anxiety, anticancer, analgesic, antipyretic, etc. Due to the expansion of pyrazolecent red pharmacological molecules at a quicker pace, there is an urgent need to put emphasis on recent literature with hitherto available information to recognize the status of this scaffold for pharmaceutical research. The reported potential pyrazole-containing compounds are highlighted in the manuscript for the treatment of cancer and inflammation, and the results are mentioned in % inhibition of inflammation, % growth inhibition, IC50, etc. Pyrazole is an important heterocyclic moiety with a strong pharmacological profile, which may act as an important pharmacophore for the drug discovery process. In the struggle to cultivate suitable anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents, chemists have now focused on pyrazole biomolecules. This review conceals the recent expansion of pyrazole biomolecules as anti-inflammatory and anticancer agents with an aim to provide better correlation among different research going around the world.

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