Ana I. Ahuja‐Casarín

ORCID: 0000-0002-2636-166X
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Research Areas
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Bioactive Compounds and Antitumor Agents
  • Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
  • Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
2020-2025

Abstract New conformationally‐restricted steroids were synthesized by incorporating a spiranic heterocyclic motif at the C‐17 position, using trans ‐androsterone, ‐dehydroandrosterone, and estrone as starting materials. A cyclocondensation process with o ‐disubstituted aromatic bis ‐nucleophiles enabled modification of structure. In silico calculations employed to predict diastereoselectivity assignment new chiral center stereochemistry. Spiranic derivatives evaluated in vitro for...

10.1002/slct.202403170 article EN ChemistrySelect 2025-01-01

The involvement of carbonic anhydrases (CAs) in a myriad biological events makes the development new inhibitors these metalloenzymes hot topic current Medicinal Chemistry. In particular, CA IX and XII are membrane-bound enzymes, responsible for tumour survival chemoresistance. Herein, bicyclic carbohydrate-based hydrophilic tail (imidazolidine-2-thione) has been appended to CA-targeting pharmacophore (arylsulfonamide, coumarin) with aim studying influence conformational restriction on...

10.3390/ijms24119401 article EN International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023-05-28

We have designed unprecedented cholinesterase inhibitors based on 1-deoxynojirimycin as potential anti-Alzheimer's agents. Compounds are comprised of three key structural motifs: the iminosugar, for interaction with catalytic anionic site (CAS); a hydrocarbon tether variable lengths, and fragment derived from 2-phenylethanol promoting interactions peripheral (PAS). Title compounds exhibited good selectivity towards BuChE, strongly depending substitution pattern length tether. The lead were...

10.1080/14756366.2020.1847101 article EN cc-by Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 2020-11-23
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