“…To identify small molecule inhibitors of the G2/M-specific cell cycle, we screened 240 drug-like compounds via cell-based anti-colorectal activity HCT116 reporter assay. The compounds were selected from our in-house library of 30,000 structurally diverse druggable heterocyclic compounds including benzopyrans [ 24 ], oxazoles [ 25 ], pyrazoles [ 26 ], oxadiazoles [ 27 , 28 ], thiadiazoles [ 29 , 30 , 31 ], various thiazoles [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ], pyrimidinediones [ 37 ], and benzimidazoles [ 38 , 39 ]. Inhibition of cell proliferation of colorectal cancer cell HCT116 was screened at a compound concentration of 5 μM; compounds that reproducibly inhibited growth by over 100% were selected.…”