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Paola Barraja is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the overlapping domains of medicine, chemistry, and biochemistry. Their scientific output demonstrates a focus on organic chemistry and molecular biology, with additional work relevant to pulmonary and respiratory medicine, pharmacology, and oncology.

Their primary research topics cover synthesis and biological evaluation of compounds, synthesis and reactivity of heterocycles, and microbial natural products and biosynthesis. Specific topical focuses include cystic fibrosis research advances, click chemistry and applications, and quinazolinone synthesis and applications.

Frequently publishing in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Paola Barraja has also contributed to the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Archiv der Pharmazie, Topics in Current Chemistry, and Marine Drugs. The main scientific fields addressed in their publications encompass medicine, chemistry, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Bioactive pyrrole-based compounds with target selectivity, 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Pyrrolidine in Drug Discovery: A Versatile Scaffold for Novel Biologically Active Compounds, 2021, Topics in Current Chemistry
  • Marine Anticancer Agents: An Overview with a Particular Focus on Their Chemical Classes, 2020, Marine Drugs
  • An overview on anti-tubulin agents for the treatment of lymphoma patients, 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Pyrrolo[2',3':3,4]cyclohepta[1,2-d][1,2]oxazoles, a New Class of Antimitotic Agents Active against Multiple Malignant Cell Types, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Paola Barraja has collaborated frequently with co-authors including Marilia Barreca, Alessandra Montalbano, Virginia Spanò, Maria Valeria Raimondi, and Roberta Bivacqua, indicating active engagement in multidisciplinary research teams.

Best Publications

  • Pyrrolidine in Drug Discovery: A Versatile Scaffold for Novel Biologically Active Compounds

    Giovanna Li Petri;Maria Valeria Raimondi;Virginia Spanò;Ralph Holl

  • Bioactive pyrrole-based compounds with target selectivity.

    Giovanna Li Petri;Virginia Spanò;Roberto Spatola;Ralph Holl

  • Synthesis and antitumor activity of 2,5-bis(3'-indolyl)-furans and 3,5-bis(3'-indolyl)-isoxazoles, nortopsentin analogues.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Gerhard Kelter

  • 1,3,5-Triazines: A promising scaffold for anticancer drugs development

    Stella Cascioferro;Barbara Parrino;Virginia Spanò;Anna Carbone

  • An overview on the recent developments of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives as anticancer compounds

    Stella Cascioferro;Barbara Parrino;Virginia Spanò;Anna Carbone

  • Marine Anticancer Agents: An Overview with a Particular Focus on Their Chemical Classes.

    Marilia Barreca;Virginia Spanò;Alessandra Montalbano;Mercedes Cueto

  • 3,5-bis(3'-indolyl)pyrazoles, analogues of marine alkaloid nortopsentin: synthesis and antitumor properties.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Annamaria Martorana

  • Synthesis and antitumor properties of 2,5-bis(3'-indolyl)thiophenes: analogues of marine alkaloid nortopsentin.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Isoindolo[2,1-a]quinoxaline derivatives, novel potent antitumor agents with dual inhibition of tubulin polymerization and topoisomerase I.

    Patrizia Diana;Annamaria Martorana;Paola Barraja;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Novel 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivative nortopsentin analogues: synthesis and antitumor activity in peritoneal mesothelioma experimental models.

    Anna Carbone;Marzia Pennati;Barbara Parrino;Alessia Lopergolo

  • Synthesis, antitumor activity and CDK1 inhibiton of new thiazole nortopsentin analogues.

    Barbara Parrino;Alessandro Attanzio;Virginia Spano;Stella Maria Cascioferro

  • Indolequinone antitumor agents: correlation between quinone structure and rate of metabolism by recombinant human NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase. Part 2.

    Elizabeth Swann;Paola Barraja;Ann M. Oberlander;Walter T. Gardipee

  • Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of 2,5-bis(3′-Indolyl)pyrroles, Analogues of the Marine Alkaloid Nortopsentin

    Anna Carbone;Barbara Parrino;Paola Barraja;Virginia Spanò

  • Pyrazolo[3,4-h]quinolines promising photosensitizing agents in the treatment of cancer.

    Virginia Spanò;Barbara Parrino;Anna Carbone;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Pyrrolo[2,3-d][1,2,3]triazoles as Potential Antineoplastic Agents

    A. Passannanti;P. Diana;P. Barraja;F. Mingoia

  • Indolo[3,2-c]cinnolines with antiproliferative, antifungal, and antibacterial activity.

    Paola Barraja;Patrizia Diana;Antonino Lauria;Alessandra Passannanti

  • Comparative study of isoflavone, quinoxaline and oxindole families of anti-angiogenic agents

    Jacqueline L Whatmore;Elizabeth Swann;Paola Barraja;Jeffery J Newsome

  • Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of New Thiazole Nortopsentin Analogs

    Virginia Spanò;Alessandro Attanzio;Stella Cascioferro;Anna Carbone

  • Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazines from 2-diazopyrroles: synthesis and antiproliferative activity.

    Patrizia Diana;Paola Barraja;Antonino Lauria;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of substituted 3[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)- 1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridines, marine alkaloid nortopsentin analogues.

    A. Carbone;M. Pennati;P. Barraja;A. Montalbano

  • Synthesis of a new class of pyrrolo[3,4-h]quinazolines with antimitotic activity

    Virginia Spanò;Alessandra Montalbano;Anna Carbone;Barbara Parrino

Frequent Co-Authors

Girolamo Cirrincione
Girolamo Cirrincione University of Palermo
Francesco Dall'Acqua
Francesco Dall'Acqua University of Padua
Paola Brun
Paola Brun University of Padua
Nadia Zaffaroni
Nadia Zaffaroni University of Milan
Francesco Bertoni
Francesco Bertoni Institute of Oncology Research
Ignazio Castagliuolo
Ignazio Castagliuolo University of Padua
Luis J. V. Galietta
Luis J. V. Galietta Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine
Giuseppe Basso
Giuseppe Basso University of Padua
Christopher J. Moody
Christopher J. Moody University of Nottingham
Ernest Hamel
Ernest Hamel National Institutes of Health

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