Antiproliferative activity of thiazole and oxazole derivatives: A systematic review of in vitro and in vivo studies

Thiazole and oxazole are compounds with a heterocyclic nucleus that have attracted the attention of medicinal chemistry due to the great variety of biological activities that they enable. In recent years, their study has increased, finding a wide range of biological activities, including antifungal, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer activities. This systematic review provides evidence from the literature on the antiproliferative and antitumor activities of thiazole and oxazole and their derivatives from 2014 to April 2020. Three biblio-graphical databases were consulted (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus), and a total of 32 studies were included in this paper based on our eligibility criteria. The analysis of the activity-structure relationship allows us to conclude that most of the promising compounds identified contained thiazole nuclei or derivatives.

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This systematic review provides evidence on the antiproliferative and antitumor activities of thiazole and oxazole compounds and their derivatives from 2014 to April 2020. Most of the promising compounds identified contained thiazole nuclei or derivatives.