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Abstract
This mini-review covers 25 fully functionalized facial calix[4]arene-based symmetrical and conical cyclic tetramers with significant (comparable to established therapeutic agents) anticancer and anti-infective activities. The main role of the calixarene scaffold in these calix[4]arene-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (calix[4]API-s) is to replicate embedded phenolic units in the cyclic tetramers. So, probably owing to the multivalency, facial, conical structures of calix[4]API-s and synergistic effect of their four replicated units, they can be considered as effective bioactive agents.Entities:
Keywords: Active pharmaceutical ingredient; Anti-infective; Anticancer; Calix[4]arene; Cyclic tetramer
Year: 2020 PMID: 32006298 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-020-10042-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Divers ISSN: 1381-1991 Impact factor: 2.943