An investigation on 4-thiazolidinone derivatives as dual inhibitors of aldose reductase and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, in the search for potential agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications
considered a promising alternative to combinations of drugs, when monotherapy results to be unsatisfactory. In this work, compounds 1–17 were synthesized and in vitro evaluated as DMLs directed to aldosereductase (AR) and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), two key enzymes involved in different events which are critical for the onset and progression of type 2 DM and related pathologies. Out of the