Giovanni Sorba

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Giovanni Sorba is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giovanni Sorba has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Giovanni Sorba's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (13 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (12 papers). Giovanni Sorba is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (14 papers), Synthesis and biological activity (13 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (12 papers). Giovanni Sorba collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Germany. Giovanni Sorba's co-authors include Gian Cesare Tron, Armando A. Genazzani, Tracey Pirali, Pier Luigi Canonico, Francesca Pagliai, Richard Billington, Alberto Massarotti, Alberto Gasco, Roberta Fruttero and Erika Del Grosso and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Molecules and Molecular Biology of the Cell.

In The Last Decade

Giovanni Sorba

71 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Click chemistry reactions in medicinal chemistry: Applications of the 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition between azides and alkynes

2007 861 citations Gian Cesare Tron, Tracey Pirali et al. Medicinal Research Reviews profile →
Medicinal Chemistry of Combretastatin A4: Present and Future Directions

2006 568 citations Gian Cesare Tron, Tracey Pirali et al. profile →

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V. Raja Solomon India

Jef K. De Brabander United States

Donna M. Huryn United States

Gary A. Sulikowski United States

Cristina Nativi Italy

Hollis D. Showalter United States

Paola Conti Italy

Christian Sergheraert France

Chi Huey Wong United Kingdom

George L. Trainor United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giovanni Sorba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giovanni Sorba

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Giovanni Sorba. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Giovanni Sorba based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Giovanni Sorba. Giovanni Sorba is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tron, Gian Cesare, et al.. (2021). Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 17. 1335–1351. 2 indexed citations

Pirali, Tracey, Elisa Ciraolo, Silvio Aprile, et al.. (2017). Identification of a Potent Phosphoinositide 3‐Kinase Pan Inhibitor Displaying a Strategic Carboxylic Acid Group and Development of Its Prodrugs. ChemMedChem. 12(18). 1542–1554. 19 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, Silvio Aprile, Valentina Mercalli, et al.. (2014). Are 1,4‐ and 1,5‐Disubstituted 1,2,3‐Triazoles Good Pharmacophoric Groups?. ChemMedChem. 9(11). 2497–2508. 124 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, Antonio Coluccia, Romano Silvestri, Giovanni Sorba, & Andrea Brancale. (2011). The Tubulin Colchicine Domain: a Molecular Modeling Perspective. ChemMedChem. 7(1). 33–42. 144 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, Antonio Coluccia, Giovanni Sorba, Romano Silvestri, & Andrea Brancale. (2011). De novo computer-aided design of novel antiviral agents. Drug Discovery Today Technologies. 9(3). e213–e218. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Xiaoyun, Alberto Massarotti, Antonio Caldarelli, et al.. (2011). Groebke multicomponent reaction and subsequent nucleophilic aromatic substitution for a convenient synthesis of 3,8-diaminoimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines as potential kinase inhibitors. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(11). 4144–4144. 14 indexed citations

Ciraolo, Elisa, Fulvio Morello, Robin M. Hobbs, et al.. (2010). Essential Role of the p110β Subunit of Phosphoinositide 3-OH Kinase in Male Fertility. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(5). 704–711. 51 indexed citations

Massarotti, Alberto, Mariateresa Giustiniano, Tracey Pirali, et al.. (2010). Replacement of the double bond of antitubulin chalcones with triazoles and tetrazoles: Synthesis and biological evaluation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(2). 764–768. 47 indexed citations

Galli, Ubaldina, Emanuela Ercolano, C. Roman, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Isosteric Analogues of FK866, an Inhibitor of NAD Salvage. ChemMedChem. 3(5). 771–779. 34 indexed citations

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Tron, Gian Cesare, Tracey Pirali, Richard Billington, et al.. (2007). Click chemistry reactions in medicinal chemistry: Applications of the 1,3‐dipolar cycloaddition between azides and alkynes. Medicinal Research Reviews. 28(2). 278–308. 861 indexed citations breakdown →

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Galli, Ubaldina, Simonetta Oliaro‐Bosso, Gian Cesare Tron, et al.. (2006). Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of new (2E,6E)-10-(dimethylamino)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-decadien-1-ol ethers as inhibitors of human and Trypanosoma cruzi oxidosqualene cyclase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(1). 220–224. 8 indexed citations

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Galli, Ubaldina, Loretta Lazzarato, Massimo Bertinaria, et al.. (2005). Synthesis and antimalarial activities of some furoxan sulfones and related furazans. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 40(12). 1335–1340. 34 indexed citations

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Tosco, Paolo, Massimo Bertinaria, Antonella Di Stilo, et al.. (2004). A new class of NO-donor H3-antagonists. Il Farmaco. 59(5). 359–371. 7 indexed citations

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Sorba, Giovanni, Ubaldina Galli, Clara Cena, et al.. (2003). A New Furoxan NO‐Donor Rabeprazole Derivative and Related Compounds. ChemBioChem. 4(9). 899–903. 17 indexed citations

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Sorba, Giovanni, Massimo Bertinaria, Antonella Di Stilo, et al.. (2001). Anti-Helicobacter pylori agents endowed with H2-antagonist properties. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(3). 403–406. 10 indexed citations

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Stilo, Antonella Di, Clara Cena, Marco L. Lolli, et al.. (1998). SAR studies on H2 antagonists containing alkylamino substituted 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1-oxide moieties. Il Farmaco. 53(8-9). 536–540. 1 indexed citations

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Sorba, Giovanni, Antonella Di Stilo, Claudio Medana, et al.. (1995). The cyano-NNO-azoxy function in the design of an irreversible label for α1 adrenoreceptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 3(2). 173–178. 7 indexed citations

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Stilo, Antonella Di, et al.. (1993). Synthesis and Structure of a Trimer of the Furoxan System with High Vasodilator and Platelet Antiaggregatory Activity. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 441–444. 2 indexed citations

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Stilo, Antonella Di, Giovanni Sorba, Alberto Gasco, et al.. (1993). 1,1-Dinitroethyl substituted furoxans: a new class of vasodilators and inhibitors of platelet aggregation. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 28(5). 433–438. 8 indexed citations

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Sorba, Giovanni, et al.. (1989). Ionization studies of a few H2-antagonist derivatives containing 5(6)-substituted-2-aminobenzimidazole moiety. Annali di Chimica. 79. 81–86. 2 indexed citations

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