Title:Recent Advancement of Pyrazole Scaffold Based Neuroprotective Agents:
A Review
Volume: 21
Issue: 10
Author(s): Subham Das, Saleem Akbar, Bahar Ahmed, Rikeshwar Prasad Dewangan, Mohammad Kashif Iqubal, Ashif Iqubal, Pooja Chawla, Faheem Hyder Pottoo*Alex Joseph*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman
Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher
Education, Manipal, Karnataka-576104, India
Keywords:
Pyrazole, heteroaromatic ring, neurological disorder, neuroprotective agents, structural-activity relationship, heterocycles.
Abstract: As a source of therapeutic agents, heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compounds and their
derivatives are still interesting and essential. Pyrazole, a five-member heteroaromatic ring with two
nitrogen atoms, has a major impact in chemical industries as well as pharmaceutical industries.
Due to its wide range of biological activities against various diseases, it has been identified as a biologically
important heterocyclic scaffold. The treatment of neurological disorders has always been
a difficult task in both the past and present. Therefore, identifying therapeutically effective
molecules for neurological conditions remains an open challenge in biomedical research and development.
For developing novel entities as neuroprotective agents, recently, pyrazole scaffold has attracted
medicinal chemists worldwide. The major focus of research in this area is discovering novel
molecules as neuroprotective agents with minimal adverse effects and better effectiveness in improving
the neurological condition. This review mainly covers recent developments in the neuropharmacological
role of pyrazole incorporated compounds, including their structural-activity relationship
(SAR), which also further includes IC50 values (in mM as well as in μM), recent patents,
and a brief history as neuroprotective agents.