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  1. Repurposing Thiazole/Benzothiazole-Based Thiazolidinone Derivatives as SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease (Mpro) Inhibitors: An Integrated Computational and Experimental Study

    Article • BioChem, September 2026, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  2. p-Aminobenzene-Sulfonamide Derivatives of Substituted Pyrimidines as Human Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  3. Investigating Amphoteric 3,4′-Biscoumarin-Based ortho-[(Dialkylamino)methyl]phenols as Dual MAO and ChE Inhibitors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  4. Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Silico Study of New Hybrid 1-(2-(4-Arylthiazol-2-yl)hydrazineylidene)-5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinolin-2-ones as Factor Xa and Factor XIa Inhibitors

    Article • Molecules, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  5. Rational Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Thiazole/Thiazolidinones Multitarget Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Molecules

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, February 2025, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  6. Viral Factors in Modulation of Host Immune Response: A Route to Novel Antiviral Agents and New Therapeutic Approaches

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  7. Bio-Electrical Nanonetworks

    Article • September 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Anthi Petrou

  8. Identification of Novel Cyclooxygenase-1 Selective Inhibitors of Thiadiazole-Based Scaffold as Potent Anti-Inflammatory Agents with Safety Gastric and Cytotoxic Profile

    Article • Molecules, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Anthi Petrou

  9. Discovery of Novel EGFR Inhibitor Targeting Wild-Type and Mutant Forms of EGFR: In Silico and In Vitro Study

    Article • Molecules, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  10. Antimicrobial Activity of Catechol-Containing Biopolymer Poly[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric Acid] from Different Medicinal Plants of Boraginaceae Family

    Article • Antibiotics, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  11. Synthesis, Biological and In Silico Studies of Griseofulvin and Usnic Acid Sulfonamide Derivatives as Fungal, Bacterial and Human Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  12. Antimicrobial Activity of Some Steroidal Hydrazones

    Article • Molecules, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  13. New Bicyclic Pyridine-Based Hybrids Linked to the 1,2,3-Triazole Unit: Synthesis via Click Reaction and Evaluation of Neurotropic Activity and Molecular Docking

    Article • Molecules, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  14. N-Derivatives of (Z)-Methyl 3-(4-Oxo-2-thioxothiazolidin-5-ylidene)methyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxylates as Antimicrobial Agents—In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  15. Discovery of 5-Methylthiazole-Thiazolidinone Conjugates as Potential Anti-Inflammatory Agents: Molecular Target Identification and In Silico Studies

    Article • Molecules, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Anroop B Nair, Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Anthi Petrou

  16. Experimental and In Silico Evaluation of New Heteroaryl Benzothiazole Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents

    Article • Antibiotics, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  17. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of New Heteroaryl(aryl) Thiazole Derivatives Molecular Docking Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  18. Benzothiazole and Chromone Derivatives as Potential ATR Kinase Inhibitors and Anticancer Agents

    Article • Molecules, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  19. Developing New Treatments for COVID-19 through Dual-Action Antiviral/Anti-Inflammatory Small Molecules and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  20. Discovery of benzothiazole-based thiazolidinones as potential anti-inflammatory agents: anti-inflammatory activity, soybean lipoxygenase inhibition effect and molecular docking studies

    Article • SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Anthi Petrou

  21. The Synthesis of Triazolium Salts as Antifungal Agents: A Biological and In Silico Evaluation

    Article • Antibiotics, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  22. Caffeic and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric acid derivatives as antimicrobial agent: biological evaluation and molecular docking studies

    Article • SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, April 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Anthi Petrou

  23. Thiazole/Thiadiazole/Benzothiazole Based Thiazolidin-4-One Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Molecules, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  24. Enhancement of the Anti-Inflammatory Activity of NSAIDs by Their Conjugation with 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzyl Alcohol

    Article • Molecules, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  25. Thiazolidin-4-Ones as Potential Antimicrobial Agents: Experimental and In Silico Evaluation

    Article • Molecules, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  26. Pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine Sulfonamides as Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors: Synthesis, Biological and In Silico Studies

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  27. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies of 5-Indolylmethylen-4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidine Derivatives

    Article • Molecules, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  28. Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition with Sulfonamides Incorporating Pyrazole- and Pyridazinecarboxamide Moieties Provides Examples of Isoform-Selective Inhibitors

    Article • Molecules, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  29. 4-(Indol-3-yl)thiazole-2-amines and 4-ιndol-3-yl)thiazole Acylamines as Νovel Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis, In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  30. New Sulfanilamide Derivatives Incorporating Heterocyclic Carboxamide Moieties as Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  31. Chromenol Derivatives as Novel Antifungal Agents: Synthesis, In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation

    Article • Molecules, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  32. Exploration of the Antimicrobial Effects of Benzothiazolylthiazolidin-4-One and In Silico Mechanistic Investigation

    Article • Molecules, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Dr. Anroop B Nair, Anthi Petrou

  33. Triazolo Based-Thiadiazole Derivatives. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  34. Synthesis and Neurotropic Activity of New Heterocyclic Systems: Pyridofuro[3,2-d]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidines, Pyridofuro[3,2-d]pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines and Pyridofuro[3′,2′:4,5]pyrimido[1,2-a]azepines

    Article • Molecules, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  35. Thiazole Ring—A Biologically Active Scaffold

    Article • Molecules, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  36. Chromene-Containing Aromatic Sulfonamides with Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitory Properties

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  37. 5-Benzyliden-2-(5-methylthiazol-2-ylimino)thiazolidin-4-ones as Antimicrobial Agents. Design, Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Dr. Anroop B Nair, Anthi Petrou

  38. Thiazole-based Chalcone Derivatives as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents: Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modelling

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, March 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou, Evangelia Tsolaki

  39. New Substituted 5-Benzylideno-2-Adamantylthiazol[3,2-b][1,2,4]Triazol-6(5H)ones as Possible Anti-Inflammatory Agents

    Article • Molecules, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Anroop B Nair, Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala, Anthi Petrou

  40. 2-Aryl-3-(6-trifluoromethoxy)benzo[d]thiazole-based thiazolidinone hybrids as potential anti-infective agents: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, January 2021, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  41. Aldose reductase and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitors as a promising therapeutic approach for diabetes mellitus

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2020, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  42. Substituted 6,7-dimethoxy-5-oxo-2,3,5,9b-tetrahydrothiazolo[2,3-a]isoindole- 3-1,1-dioxide Derivatives with Antimicrobial Activity and Docking Assisted Prediction of the Mechanism of their Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, November 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou

  43. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of new 2‐piperazin‐1‐yl‐ N ‐1,3‐thiazol‐2‐ylacetamides of cyclopenta[ c ]pyridines and pyrano[3,4‐ c ]pyridines

    Article • Archiv der Pharmazie, October 2020, Wiley

    Anthi Petrou

  44. 3-Amino-5-(indol-3-yl)methylene-4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidine Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis, Computational and Biological Evaluation

    Article • Pharmaceuticals, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  45. New vinyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives as antimicrobial agents: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, September 2020, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  46. Synthesis, evaluation of antimicrobial activity and molecular docking of new N-1,3-thiazol-2-ylacetamides of condensed pyrido[3',2':4,5]furo(thieno)[3,2-d]pyrimidines.

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, June 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou, Miss Anush Ashot Hovakimyan, Jasmina Glamoclija, Marina Sokovic

  47. In Silico Evaluation of the Effectivity of Approved Protease Inhibitors against the Main Protease of the Novel SARS-CoV-2 Virus

    Article • Molecules, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  48. Antimicrobial Activity of Nitrogen-Containing 5-α-Androstane Derivatives: In Silico and Experimental Studies

    Article • Antibiotics, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  49. 5-(1H-Indol-3-ylmethylene)-4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidin-3-yl)alkancarboxylic Acids as Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Molecular Docking Studies

    Article • Molecules, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  50. Heterocycle Compounds with Antimicrobial Activity

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, April 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou

  51. Antibacterial activity of griseofulvin analogs as example of drug repurposing

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, January 2020, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  52. Novel Thiazolidin-4-ones as Potential Non-nucleoside Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase

    Article • Molecules, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  53. Extending the Inhibition Profiles of Coumarin-Based Compounds Against Human Carbonic Anhydrases: Synthesis, Biological, and In Silico Evaluation

    Article • Molecules, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  54. Molecular docking, design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 2,3-aryl-thiazolidin-4-ones as potent NNRTIs

    Article • SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Anthi Petrou

  55. Appendix A. dithioloquinolinethiones as new potential multitargeted antibacterial and antifungal agents: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, August 2019, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  56. Griseofulvin derivatives: Synthesis, molecular docking and biological evaluation

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, May 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou

  57. 4,5-Diaryl 3(2H)Furanones: Anti-Inflammatory Activity and Influence on Cancer Growth

    Article • Molecules, May 2019, MDPI AG

    Anthi Petrou

  58. Design, Synthesis, Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Docking Studies of New Thiazole-based Chalcones

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, April 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou, Phaedra Eleftheriou, Konstantinos Liaras, Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala

  59. PTP1b Inhibition, A Promising Approach for the Treatment of Diabetes Type II

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, April 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou, Phaedra Eleftheriou

  60. New Caffeic Acid Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents: Design, Synthesis, Evaluation and Docking

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, April 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Anthi Petrou

  61. Novel antimicrobial agents’ discovery among the steroid derivatives

    Article • Steroids, April 2019, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  62. Derivatives of a new heterocyclic system – pyrano[3,4-c][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridines: synthesis, docking analysis and neurotropic activity

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Anthi Petrou

  63. Design, synthesis and antimicrobial activity of usnic acid derivatives

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Anthi Petrou

  64. 5-Adamantan thiadiazole-based thiazolidinones as antimicrobial agents. Design, synthesis, molecular docking and evaluation

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, September 2018, Elsevier

    Anthi Petrou

  65. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of new amino derivatives of pyrano[4’’,3’’:4’,5’]pyrido[3’,2’:4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, April 2018, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Anthi Petrou

  66. New Benzothiazole-based Thiazolidinones as Potent Antimicrobial Agents. Design, synthesis and Biological Evaluation

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, March 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Jasmina Glamoclija, Marina Sokovic, Ana Ciric, Anthi Petrou, Dr Katharigatta N Venugopala

  67. Docking assisted design of novel 4-adamantanyl-2-thiazolylimino-5-arylidene-4-thiazolidinones as potent NSAIDs

    Article • SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Anthi Petrou

  68. Design, synthesis and antimicrobial activity of usnic acid derivatives

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Anthi Petrou

  69. 2, 2′-Dihydroxybenzophenones and Derivatives. Efficient Synthesis and Structure Endoscopy by DFT and NMR. Credentials as Potent Antiinflammatory Agents.

    Article • ChemistrySelect, July 2016, Wiley

    Anthi Petrou, Dr Demeter Tzeli

  70. Inhibition of carbonic anhydrase isoforms I, II, IX and XII with secondary sulfonamides incorporating benzothiazole scaffolds

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Anthi Petrou

  71. Prediction of enzyme inhibition and mode of inhibitory action based on calculation of distances between hydrogen bond donor/acceptor groups of the molecule and docking analysis: An application on the discovery of novel effective PTP1B inhibitors

    Article • SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Anthi Petrou