Open AccessBENZIMIDAZOLE AS A PROMISING ANTIVIRAL HETEROCYCLIC SCAFFOLD: A REVIEW
Author(s) -
Naseem Ahmad,
Mohammad Irfan Azad,
Abdul Rahman Khan,
Iqbal Azad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of science and arts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2068-3049
pISSN - 1844-9581
DOI - 10.46939/j.sci.arts-21.1-b05
Subject(s) - benzimidazole , moiety , antiprotozoal , combinatorial chemistry , chemistry , antimicrobial , scaffold , drug discovery , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , medicine , in vitro , biomedical engineering
Heterocyclic derivatives are unavoidable in many fields of natural disciplines. These derivatives play numerous significant roles in research, medication, and nature. Nitrogenous heterocyclic derivatives extremely are the main target of concern in synthetic chemistry to ensue active natural products with pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals interest. Benzimidazole skeleton is another example of some active heterocyclic moiety that significantly contributes in the numerous bioactive of essential compounds. Benzimidazole skeleton is studied as a prominent moiety of biologically active compounds with various activities including antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, anticancer, antiviral, acetylcholinesterase, antihistaminic, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, analgesic, anti-HIV and antitubercular. Therefore, in this review we summarize the various antiviral activities of several benzimidazole derivatives and outline the correlation among the structures of different benzimidazoles scaffold with their therapeutic significance.