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Natural compounds as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR1)

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Recent achievements in the area of studying biological activity of new natural compounds toward thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1) are considered. The most important chemotypes of the compounds exhibiting activity toward TrxR1 were revealed. The pharmacophoric environment of the electron-deficient olefin group that possesses a chemical potential for covalent inhibiting to TrxR1 was examined.

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This work was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 19-33-60010).

Based on the materials of the spring school-conference on medicinal chemistry “MedKhimRar-21” (March 29–30, 2021, Khimki, Moscow Region, Russia).

Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 443–448, March, 2022.

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Chupakhin, E.G., Krasavin, M.Y. Natural compounds as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR1). Russ Chem Bull 71, 443–448 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11172-022-3431-4

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