“…In particular, thiazole is a well-known heterocyclic aromatic compound that contains sulfur and nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 of its five-member ring, respectively [ 20 ]. Τhiazole moiety can be found in numerous biologically active compounds of natural origin (e.g., thiamine [ 19 , 20 ], mycothiazole [ 21 ], cystothiazole C [ 22 ], as well as synthetic molecules possessing a wide range of pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ], antiviral [ 29 , 30 ], antitubercular [ 23 , 31 ], anti-inflammatory [ 32 , 33 , 34 ], anxiolytic [ 35 ], anaesthetic [ 36 ], anticonvulsant [ 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ], etc.). There is a large number of known marketed drugs containing thiazole rings, such as the anthelmintic tiabendazole, the antibacterial sulfathiazole, the anticonvulsant riluzole, the anti-ulcer alizatidine, the antiparkinsonian talipexole, the antischistosomal niridazole, the antiviral ritonavir and the anti-inflammatory meloxicam.…”