Rasha Aboshabana

Bio: Rasha Aboshabana is an academic researcher from Mansoura University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Detection limit & Chromatography. The author has co-authored 4 publications.

Acriflavine, an Acridine Derivative for Biomedical Application: Current State of the Art

Abstract: Acriflavine (ACF) has been known for years as an antibacterial drug. The identification of key oncogenic mechanisms has brought, in recent years, a significant increase in studies on ACF as a multipurpose drug that would improve the prognosis for cancer patients. ACF interferes with the expression of the hypoxia inducible factor, thus acting on metastatic niches of tumors and significantly enhancing the effects of other anticancer therapies. It has been recognized as the most potent HIF-1 inhibitor out of the 336 drugs approved by the FDA. This work presents up-to-date knowledge about the mechanisms of action of ACF and its related prodrug systems in the context of anticancer and SARS-CoV-2 inhibitory properties. It explains the multitask nature of this drug and suggests mechanisms of ACF’s action on the coronavirus. Other recent reports on ACF-based systems as potential antibacterial and antiviral drugs are also described.

Utility of a novel turn-off fluorescence probe for the determination of tranilast, an adjunctive drug for patients with severe COVID-19

Abstract: Tranilast (TR) could be investigated as a suitable anti-inflammatory and NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor medication for the treatment of COVID-19 acute patients. Owing to its importance, our study was constructed for the determination of TR using a new, fast, sensitive, and reliable green spectrofluorimetric method. TR was quantified in this study by forming a complex with the acriflavine (AC) reagent. The reaction between TR and AC quenched the fluorescence of AC through the formation of an ion-association complex and the response was measured at 493 nm after excitation at 263 nm. It was observed that the quenching of the fluorescence of AC was linear (r = 0.9998) with the concentration of TR in the range of 1.0–15.0 μg mL−1. The limit of detection was 0.224 μg mL−1, and the limit of quantification was 0.679 μg mL−1. The fluorescence quenching mechanism was carefully studied and was confirmed to be able to analyze TR in its pure form and its prepared pharmaceutical dosage form. To validate the method, the international conference of harmonization (ICH) Q2R1 guidelines were followed. The statistical assessment of the proposed and comparison methods revealed no significant differences between them. Moreover, the green criteria of the method were evaluated and confirmed.