Furans

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Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The reduced form is tetrahydrofuran.

Descriptor ID	D005663
MeSH Number(s)	D03.383.312
Concept/Terms	Furans Furans Tetrahydrofurans Tetrahydrofurans

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Heterocyclic Compounds [D03]
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring [D03.383]
Furans [D03.383.312]

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Bar chart showing 28 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2000 and 2008 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	3	0	3
2001	2	0	2
2002	1	0	1
2003	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2020	1	0	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2

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Hao Q, Henning SM, Magyar CE, Said J, Zhong J, Rettig MB, Vadgama JV, Wang P. Enhanced Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer by Combining Arctigenin with Green Tea and Quercetin in Prostate-Specific Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Knockout Mice. Biomolecules. 2024 Jan 14; 14(1).

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Mrad Y, El Jammal R, Hajjar H, Alturk S, Salah H, Chehade HD, Dandash F, Mallah Z, Kobeissy F, Habib A, Hamade E, Obeid M. Lestaurtinib (CEP-701) reduces the duration of limbic status epilepticus in periadolescent rats. Epilepsy Res. 2023 09; 195:107198.

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Periche PG, Lin J, Bhupathiraju NVSDK, Kalidindi T, Johnson DS, Pillarsetty N, Mootoo DR. Targeting Carbohydrate Mimetics of Tetrahydrofuran-Containing Acetogenins to Prostate Cancer. Molecules. 2023 Mar 23; 28(7).

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Hao Q, Diaz T, Verduzco ADR, Magyar CE, Zhong J, Elshimali Y, Rettig MB, Henning SM, Vadgama JV, Wang P. Arctigenin inhibits prostate tumor growth in high-fat diet fed mice through dual actions on adipose tissue and tumor. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 29; 10(1):1403.

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Wang P, Phan T, Gordon D, Chung S, Henning SM, Vadgama JV. Arctigenin in combination with quercetin synergistically enhances the antiproliferative effect in prostate cancer cells. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2015 Feb; 59(2):250-61.

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Ogungbe IV, Crouch RA, Demeritte T. (-) Arctigenin and (+) pinoresinol are antagonists of the human thyroid hormone receptor ?. J Chem Inf Model. 2014 Nov 24; 54(11):3051-5.

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Rhaman MM, Ahmed L, Wang J, Powell DR, Leszczynski J, Hossain MA. Encapsulation and selectivity of sulfate with a furan-based hexaazamacrocyclic receptor in water. Org Biomol Chem. 2014 Apr 07; 12(13):2045-8.

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Bachan S, Tony KA, Kawamura A, Montenegro D, Joshi A, Garg H, Mootoo DR. Synthesis and anti-tumor activity of carbohydrate analogues of the tetrahydrofuran containing acetogenins. Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Nov 01; 21(21):6554-64.

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Tony KA, Dabideen D, Li J, D?az-Hern?ndez MD, Jim?nez-Barbero J, Mootoo DR. Olefin metathesis-iodoetherification-dehydroiodination strategy for spiroketal subunits of polyether antibiotics. J Org Chem. 2009 Oct 16; 74(20):7774-80.

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Wang Z, Yang H, Ramesh A, Roberts LJ, Zhou L, Lin X, Zhao Y, Guo Z. Overexpression of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase and/or catalase accelerates benzo(a)pyrene detoxification by upregulation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in mouse endothelial cells. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Oct 15; 47(8):1221-9.

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