| Literature DB >> 16270665 |
Galal H Elgemeie1, Wafaa A Zaghary, Kamelia M Amin, Tamer M Nasr.
Abstract
Pyrazole nucleosides and condensed pyrazole nucleosides exhibit various biological activities. This article describes recent synthetic approaches to their preparation, chemical properties, biological activities, and structure-activity relationships, with emphasis to selected drugs or drug candidates. Two pyrazole C-nucleoside compounds pyrazofurin (pyrazomycin) and its alpha-epimer pyrazofurin B are active components of potent antivirals approved for therapeutic use in human medicine aimed against various diseases caused by DNA viruses.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16270665 DOI: 10.1081/NCN-200067421
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids ISSN: 1525-7770 Impact factor: 1.381