Ebselen and Analogues: Pharmacological Properties and Synthetic Strategies for Their Preparation.

ABSTRACT: Ebselen is the leader of selenorganic compounds, and starting from its identification as mimetic of the key antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase, several papers have appeared in literature claiming its biological activities. It was the subject of several clinical trials and it is currently in clinical evaluation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Given our interest in the synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of selenorganic derivatives with this review, we aimed to collect all the papers focused on the biological evaluation of ebselen and its close analogues, covering the timeline between 2016 and most of 2021. Our analysis evidences that, even if it lacks specificity when tested in vitro, being able to bind to every reactive cysteine, it proved to be always well tolerated in

SUBMITTER: Santi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8306772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature