2-arylbenzothiazole as a privileged scaffold in drug discovery

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2430-2440

  Weekes, A A ^a   Westwell, A D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 Arylbenzothiazoles; Alzheimer's disease diagnosis; Antitumour agents; Positron emission tomography; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

2 (4 AMINO 3 METHYLPHENYL)BENZOTHIAZOLE; 2 ARYLBENZOTHIAZOLE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOTHIAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349486048     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986709788682137     Document Type: Review

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