Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry - Volume 15, Issue 11, 2015

The 9-(bromoalkyl)-1,4-dimethyl-9H-carbazole (2a-d) derivatives, characterized by the presence of five or seven methylenic spacer groups bonded to the carbazole nitrogen, have been synthesized from the corresponding 1,4- dimethyl-9H-carbazole and appropriate dibromoalkane following a general synthetic method. All the prepared species have been fully characterized by means of IR, and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, G Read More

To investigate the theoretical model of the three-dimensional structure of multidrug resistance protein 1(P-glycoprotein, expressed by MDR1 gene of E. histolytica) and its molecular docking with anti-amoebic agents. The theoretical model of multidrug resistance protein 1(P-glyoprotein, expressed by MDR1 gene of E. histolytica) was predicted by homology modeling on the structure of the 3G61. Docking studies were perf Read More

A new class of 4-thiazolidinones clubbed with quinozolinone nucleus has been synthesized. The title compounds were screened for their in vitro antimicrobial and anticancer potentials. Results of antimicrobial and anticancer study revealed that compounds 7 (pMICam = 1.69 μM/ml) and 2 (IC50 = 12.83 μM) were found to be the most potent antimicrobial and anticancer agents respectively. QSAR studies indicated that anti Read More

A series of twenty one chalcone derivatives having indole moiety were synthesized and were evaluated against four human cancer cell lines. Indolyl chalcones 1a, 1b, 1d, 1f-1j, 2c, 2e, 2i showed good anticancer activity. Chalcones 1b and 1d were the most active and selective anticancer agents with IC50 values <1μg/ml and 1.51μg/ml, against WRL-68 cell line, respectively. Molecular mechanism was explored through in silico doc Read More

Isolation of andrographolide from Andrographis paniculata, preparation of a library of derivatives via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of andrographolide with azomethine ylides generated from isatin derivatives or acenaphthoquinone and seconday α-amino acids, evaluation of the anticancer potential of the products, quantitative structure activity relationship studies and pharmacokinetic parameter determination have been described. Read More

Bioactivity guided separation of combined n-hexane and chloroform extracts of Oplismenus burmannii resulted in the isolation and characterization of five new glycoglycerolipids, (2S)-1,2,6’-tri- O-hexadecanoyl-3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl glycerol (1a), (2S)-1,2,6’-tri-O-[(9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12- dienoyl]-3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl glycerol (1b), (2S)-1,6’-di-O-[(9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,12-dienoyl]-3- O-β-D-galactopyranosyl glycerol (2b), Read More

Estrogens control a wide number of aspects of human physiology and play a key role in multiple diseases, including cancer. Estrogens act by binding to and activating the cognate receptor (ER), however numerous studies have revealed that the G protein-coupled receptor named GPR30/GPER mediates also estrogen signals. As ER and GPER share the ability to bind to same compounds, the use of GPER-selective lig Read More

Bioactivity guided isolation of Glycyrrhiza glabra (Leguminosae / Fabaceae) roots resulted in the characterization of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid as a major anti-tubercular agent. Further, GA-1 was semi-synthetically converted into its nine derivatives, which were in-vitro evaluated for their antitubercular potential against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using BACTEC-460 radiometric susceptibility assay. All the derivative Read More

A series 3/4-bromo-N&apos-(substituted benzylidene/furan-2-ylmethylene/5-oxopentylidene/3- phenylallylidene)benzohydrazides (1-23) was synthesized and characterized by physicochemical and spectral means. The synthesized compounds were screened for their antimicrobial and anticancer potentials. Antimicrobial activity results indicated that compound 12 (pMICam = 1.67 μM/ml) was the most potent antimicrobi Read More