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Proceedings - Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine Thirteenth Annual Medical Student Research Symposium, Office Of Research Affairs, Boonshoft School Of Medicine Apr 2021

Proceedings - Wright State University Boonshoft School Of Medicine Thirteenth Annual Medical Student Research Symposium, Office Of Research Affairs, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Medical Student Research Symposium Proceedings

The student abstract booklet is a compilation of abstracts from students' oral and poster presentations at Wright State University's Thirteenth Annual Boonshoft School of Medicine Medical Student Research Symposium held on April 29, 2021.


Using Functionalized Benzylidene Oxindoles To Determine An Improved Monoamine Oxidase-B Inhibitor As A Therapeutic Agent For Parkinson's Disease, Christine Morgan Kinstedt Jan 2021

Using Functionalized Benzylidene Oxindoles To Determine An Improved Monoamine Oxidase-B Inhibitor As A Therapeutic Agent For Parkinson's Disease, Christine Morgan Kinstedt

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With the intent to create an optimized monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitor, researchers in this investigation synthesized derivatives of the benzylidene oxindole scaffold in order to determine a lead molecule for further drug development. Previous work in this laboratory group evaluated a similar scaffold, the chalcone structural unit. As this class of compounds was determined to possess the ability to permeate the blood brain barrier (BBB) and to act as potent MAO-B inhibitors, it was posited that scaffold hopping from this previously studied molecular skeleton to benzylidene oxindoles would provide analogous results. Benzylidene oxindoles are readily synthesized via the Claisen-Schmidt condensation …