- On the investigation of hybrid quinones: Synthesis, electrochemical studies and evaluation of trypanocidal activity
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In our continued search for novel trypanocidal compounds, arylamine, chalcone, triazolic, triazole-carbohydrate and chalcogenium derivatives containing a naphthoquinone scaffold were prepared; in addition to electrochemical studies, these compounds were evaluated against the infective bloodstream form of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. Among the thirty-eight compounds herein evaluated, six were found to be more potent against trypomastigotes than the standard drug benznidazole, with IC50/24 h values between 52.9 and 89.5 μM.
- Jardim, Guilherme A. M.,Reis, Wallace J.,Ribeiro, Matheus F.,Ottoni, Flaviano M.,Alves, Ricardo J.,Silva, Thaissa L.,Goulart, Marilia O. F.,Braga, Antonio L.,Menna-Barreto, Rubem F. S.,Salom?o, Kelly,De Castro, Solange L.,Da Silva Júnior, Eufranio N.
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- Aminophenyl chalcones potentiating antibiotic activity and inhibiting bacterial efflux pump
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Chalcones and their derivatives are substances of great interest for medicinal chemistry due to their antibacterial activities. As the bacterial resistance to clinically available antibiotics has become a worldwide public health problem, it is essential to search for compounds capable of reverting the bacterial resistance. As a possibility, the chalcone class could be an interesting answer to this problem. The chalcones (2E)-1-(4′-aminophenyl)-3-(phenyl)?prop-2-en-1-one (APCHAL), and (2E)-1-(4′-aminophenyl)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)?prop-2-en-1-one (ACLOPHENYL) were synthesized by the Claisen-Schmidt condensation and characterized by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), and mass spectrometry (MS), In addition, microbiological tests were performed to investigate the antibacterial activity, modulatory potential, and efflux pump inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) multi-resistant strains. Regarding the S. aureus Gram-positive model, the APCHAL presented synergism with gentamicin and antagonism with penicillin. APCHAL reduced the Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of gentamicin by almost 70%. When comparing the effects of the antibiotic modifying activity of ACLOPHENYL and APCHAL, a loss of synergism is noted with gentamicin due to the addition of a chlorine to the substance structure. For Escherichia coli (E. coli) a total lack of effect, synergistic or antagonistic, was observed between ACLOPHENYL and the antibiotics. In the evaluation of inhibition of the efflux pump, both chalcones presented a synergistic effect with norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin against S. aureus, although the effect is much less pronounced with ACLOPHENYL. The effect of APCHAL is particularly notable against the K2068 (MepA overexpresser) strain, with synergistic effects with both ciprofloxacin and ethidium bromide. The docking results also show that both compounds bind to roughly the same region of the binding site of 1199B (NorA overexpresser), and that this region overlaps with the preferred binding region of norfloxacin. The APCHAL chalcone may contribute to the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant S. aureus.
- Siqueira, Marina Micaele Rodrigues,Freire, Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante,Cruz, Beatriz Gon?alves,de Freitas, Thiago Sampaio,Bandeira, Paulo Nogueira,Silva dos Santos, Hélcio,Nogueira, Carlos Emidío Sampaio,Teixeira, Alexandre Magno Rodrigues,Pereira, Raimundo Luiz Silva,Xavier, Jayze da Cunha,Campina, Fábia Ferreira,dos Santos Barbosa, Cristina Rodrigues,Neto, José Bezerra de Araújo,da Silva, Maria Milene Costa,Siqueira-Júnior, José Pinto,Douglas Melo Coutinho, Henrique
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- Anti-Trichomonas vaginalis activity of chalcone and amino-analogues
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Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted disease worldwide and can lead to serious consequences in reproductive health, cancer, and HIV acquisition. The current approved treatment present adverse effects and drug resistance data on this neglected parasitic infection is underestimated. Chalcones are a family of molecules that present biological applications, such as activity against many pathogenic organisms including protozoan pathogens. Chalcone (1) and three amino-analogues (2–4) were synthesized by Claisen–Schmidt condensation reaction and had their activity evaluated against the parasitic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis. This bioassay indicated the presence and position of the amino group on ring A was crucial for anti-T. vaginalis activity. Among these, 3′-aminochalcone (3) presented the most potent effect and showed high cytotoxicity against human vaginal cells. On the other hand, 3 was not able to exhibit toxicity against Galleria mellonella larvae, as well as the hemolytic effect on human erythrocytes. Trophozoites of T. vaginalis were treated with 3, and did not present significant reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, but induced a significantly higher ROS accumulation in human neutrophils after co-incubation. T. vaginalis pyruvate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR) and β-tubulin gene expression was not affected by 3.
- Trein, Márcia Rodrigues,Rodrigues e Oliveira, Lígia,Rigo, Graziela Vargas,Garcia, Mayara Aparecida Rocha,Petro-Silveira, Brenda,da Silva Trentin, Danielle,Macedo, Alexandre José,Regasini, Luis Octávio,Tasca, Tiana
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- Naphthoquinone-based chalcone hybrids and derivatives: Synthesis and potent activity against cancer cell lines
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Novel naphthoquinone-based chalcones were prepared from the reaction between 3-bromo-nor-β-lapachone and amino-chalcones. Lapachone derivatives are also described here. All the substances were evaluated against cancer and normal cell lines and several compounds demonstrated potent antitumor activity. This journal is
- Jardim, Guilherme A. M.,Guimares, Tiago T.,Pinto, Maria Do Carmo F.R.,Cavalcanti, Bruno C.,De Farias, Kaio M.,Pessoa, Claudia,Gatto, Claudia C.,Nair, Divya K.,Namboothiri, Irishi N. N.,Da Silva Jnior, Eufrnio N.
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- Design and synthesis of novel anti-inflammatory/anti-ulcer hybrid molecules with antioxidant activity
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Background: NSAIDs are the most widely prescribed medications worldwide for their anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic effects. However, their chronic use can lead to several adverse drug events including GI toxicity. The selective COX-2 inhibitors developed as gastro-sparing NSAIDs also suffer from serious adverse effects which limit their efficacy. Objective: Local generation of reactive oxygen species is implicated in NSAID-mediated gastric ul-ceration and their combination with H2 antagonists like famotidine reduces the risk of ulcers. The objective of this work was to design and synthesize novel methanesulphonamido isoxazole derivatives by hybridizing the structural features of NSAIDs with those of antiulcer drugs (ranitidine, fa-motidine, etc.) to utilize a dual combination of anti-inflammatory activity and reducing (antioxidant) potential. Methods: The designing process utilized three dimensional similarity studies and utilized an isoxa-zole core having a potential for anti-inflammatory as well as radical scavenging antioxidant activity. The compounds were assayed for their anti-inflammatory activity in established in vivo models. The in vitro antioxidant activity was assessed in potassium ferricyanide reducing power (PFRAP) assay employing ascorbic acid as the standard drug. Results: Compounds 5, 6, 9 and 10 showed anti-inflammatory activity comparable to the standard drugs and were also found to be non-ulcerogenic at the test doses. Compounds 6-10 exhibited good antioxidant effect in the concentration range of 1.0-50.0 μmol/ml. The test compounds were also found to comply with the Lipinski rule suggesting good oral absorption. Conclusion: A new series of isoxazole based compounds is being reported with good anti-inflammatory activity coupled with antioxidant potential as gastro-sparing anti-inflammatory agents.
- Balaini, Ajitesh,Bali, Alka,Chaudhari, Bhim Bahadur
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- Design, synthesis, and evaluation of different scaffold derivatives against NS2B-NS3 protease of dengue virus
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The number of deaths or critical health issues is a threat in the infection caused by Dengue virus, which complicates the situation, as only symptomatic treatment is the current solution. In this regard we have targeted the dengue protease NS2B-NS3 that is responsible for the replication. The series was designed with the help of molecular modeling approach using docking protocols. The series comprised of different scaffolds viz. cinnamic acid analogs (CA1–CA11), chalcone (C1–C10) and their molecular hybrids (Lik1–Lik10), analogs of benzimidazole (BZ1-BZ5), mercaptobenzimidazole (BS1-BS4), and phenylsulfanylmethylbenzimidazole (PS1-PS4). Virtual screening of various natural phytoconstituents was employed to determine the interactions of designed analogs with the residues of catalytic triad in the active site of NS2B-NS3. We have further synthesized the selected leads. The synthesized analogs were evaluated for the cytotoxicity and NS2B-NS3 protease inhibition activity and compared with known anti-dengue natural phytoconstituent quercetin as the standard. CA2, BZ1, and BS2 were found to be more potent and efficacious than the standard quercetin as evident from the protease inhibition assay.
- Ganji, Lata R.,Gandhi, Lekha,Musturi, Venkataramana,Kanyalkar, Meena A.
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- A combined experimental and DFT investigation of mono azo thiobarbituric acid based chalcone disperse dyes
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A number of monoazo dyes were synthesized by the reaction of 4-aminoacetophenone with different substituted benzaldehydes to give a new series of chalcone derivatives. The diazonium salts of these chalcones then allowed to react with thiobarbituric acid to produce the appropriate azo dye. The structures of the newly synthesized dyes were assigned by IR, NMR spectral data. IR study confirmed the existence of azo-dioxothioxo tautomer in the solid phase while 1H NMR study indicated the predominance of azoenol-oxothioxo or hydrazo-dioxothioxo tautomers. The geometries of the azo and hydrazo tautomeric forms and their electronic absorption of the dyes were optimized at B3LYP/6-311G level of theory. All the azo compounds were evaluated for their dyeing performance on polyester fibers, and PET. All the synthesized dyes gave moderate to excellent fastness properties on PET fiber. The effects of the nature of the substituents on the color and dyeing properties of these dyes have been evaluated. The mechanism of dyeing polyester fiber was discussed.
- El-Sadany, Samir K.,El-atawy, Mohamed A.,Hamed, Ezzat A.,Mahmoud, Mona N.,Omar, Alaa Z.
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- Chalcones and their B-aryl analogues as myeloperoxidase inhibitors: In silico, in vitro and ex vivo investigations
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In the present study, a series of chalcones and their B-aryl analogues were prepared and evaluate as inhibitors of myeloperoxidase (MPO) chlorinating activity, using in vitro and ex vivo assays. Among these, B-thiophenyl chalcone (analogue 9) demonstrated inhibition of in vitro and ex vivo MPO chlorinating activity, exhibiting IC50 value of 0.53 and 19.2 μM, respectively. Potent ex vivo MPO inhibitors 5, 8 and 9 were not toxic to human neutrophils at 50 μM, as well as displayed weak 2,2-diphenyl-1-pycrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH?) and hypochlorous acid (HOCl) scavenger abilities. Docking simulations indicated binding mode of MPO inhibitors, evidencing hydrogen bonds between the amino group at 4′position (ring A) of chalcones with Gln91, Asp94, and Hys95 MPO residues. In this regard, the efficacy and low toxicity promoted aminochalcones and arylic analogues to the rank of hit compounds in the search for new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds.
- Santos, Mariana Bastos dos,Carvalho Marques, Beatriz,Miranda Ayusso, Gabriela,Rocha Garcia, Mayara Aparecida,Chiquetto Paracatu, Luana,Pauli, Ivani,Silva Bolzani, Vanderlan,Defini Andricopulo, Adriano,Farias Ximenes, Valdecir,Zeraik, Maria Luiza,Regasini, Luis Octavio
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- Design, synthesis and antibacterial activity of chalcones against MSSA and MRSA planktonic cells and biofilms
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Staphylococcus aureus is the one of the most successful modern pathogens. The same bacterium that lives as a skin and mucosal commensal can be transmitted in health-care and community-settings and causes severe infections. Thus, there is a great challenge for a discovery of novel anti-Staphylococcus aureus compounds, which should act against resistant strains. Herein, we designed and synthesized a series of 17 chalcones, substituted by amino group on ring A, which were evaluated against methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus MRSA planktonic cells. The antibacterial potency was improved by substituents on ring B, which were designed according to Topliss’ manual method. 4-bromo-3′-aminochalcone (5f) was the most active, demonstrating minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 1.9 μg mL?1 and 7.8 μg mL?1 against MSSA and MRSA, respectively. The association of 5f with vancomycin demonstrated synergistic effect against MSSA and MRSA, with Fractional Inhibitory Concentration Index (FICI) values of 0.4 and 0.3, respectively. Subinhibitory concentration of 5f inhibited the MSSA and MRSA adhesion to human keratinocytes. Chalcone 5f was able to reduce MSSA and MRSA biofilm formation, as well as acts on preformed biofilm in concentration-dependent mode. Scanning electron microscopy analyses confirmed severe perturbations caused by 5f on MSSA and MRSA biofilm architecture. The acute toxicity assay, using Galleria mellonella larvae, indicated a low toxic effect of 5f after 72 h, displaying lethality of 20% and 30% at 7.8 μg mL?1 and 78.0 μg mL?1, respectively. In addition, the antibacterial activity spectrum of 5f indicated action against planktonic cells of Enterococcus faecalis (MIC = 7.8 μg mL?1), Acinetobacter baumannii (MIC = 15.6 μg mL?1) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MIC = 5.7 μg mL?1). Altogether, these results open new avenues for 5f as an anti-Staphylococcus aureus agent, with potential applications as antibacterial drug, adjunct of antibiotics and medical devices coating.
- Garcia, Mayara A.R.,Theodoro, Reinaldo S.,Sardi, Janaina C.O.,Santos, Mariana B.,Ayusso, Gabriela M.,Pavan, Fernando R.,Costa, Alan R.,Santa Cruz, Lucas M.,Rosalen, Pedro L.,Regasini, Luis O.
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- ADME properties, bioactivity and molecular docking studies of 4-amino-chalcone derivatives: new analogues for the treatment of Alzheimer, glaucoma and epileptic diseases
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In this study, in vitro inhibition effects of (E)-1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-(aryl) prop-2-en-1-one (4-amino-chalcones) derivatives (3a–o) on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme and human erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase I and II isoenzymes (hCA I- II) were investigated. And also, the biological activities of 4-amino-chalcone derivatives against enzymes which names are acetylcholinesterase (PDB ID: 1OCE), human Carbonic Anhydrase I (PDB ID: 2CAB), human carbonic anhydrase II (PDB ID: 3DC3), were compared. After the results obtained, ADME/T analysis was performed in order to use 4-amino-chalcone derivatives as a drug in the future. Effective inhibitors of carbonic anhydrase I and II isozymes (hCAI and II) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzymes with Ki values in the range of 2.55 ± 0.35–11.75 ± 3.57?nM for hCA I, 4.31 ± 0.78–17.55 ± 5.86?nM for hCA II and 96.01 ± 25.34–1411.41 ± 32.88?nM for AChE, respectively, were the 4-amino-chalcone derivatives (3a–o) molecules.
- Gürdere, Meliha Burcu,Budak, Yakup,Kocyigit, Umit M.,Taslimi, Parham,Tüzün, Burak,Ceylan, Mustafa
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- Design, synthesis, and anticancer activity studies of novel quinoline-chalcone derivatives
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The chalcone and quinoline scaffolds are frequently utilized to design novel anticancer agents. As the continuation of our work on effective anticancer agents, we assumed that linking chalcone fragment to the quinoline scaffold through the principle of molecular hybridization strategy could produce novel compounds with potential anticancer activity. Therefore, quinoline-chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized, and we explored their antiproliferative activity against MGC-803, HCT-116, and MCF-7 cells. Among these compounds, compound 12e exhibited a most excellent inhibitory potency against MGC-803, HCT-116, and MCF-7 cells with IC50 values of 1.38, 5.34, and 5.21 μM, respectively. The structure–activity relationship of quinoline-chalcone derivatives was preliminarily explored in this report. Further mechanism studies suggested that compound 12e inhibited MGC-803 cells in a dose-dependent manner and the cell colony formation activity of MGC-803 cells, arrested MGC-803 cells at the G2/M phase and significantly upregulated the levels of apoptosis-related proteins (Caspase3/9 and cleaved-PARP) in MGC-803 cells. In addition, compound 12e could significantly induce ROS generation, and was dependent on ROS production to exert inhibitory effects on gastric cancer cells. Taken together, all the results suggested that directly linking chalcone fragment to the quinoline scaffold could produce novel anticancer molecules, and compound 12e might be a valuable lead compound for the development of anticancer agents.
- Guan, Yong-Feng,Li, Wen,Li, Yin-Ru,Liu, Wen-Bo,Liu, Xiu-Juan,Song, Jian,Tian, Xin-Yi,Yu, Guang-Xi,Yuan, Xin-Ying,Zhang, Sai-Yang,Zhang, Yan-Bing
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- Synthesis of CoFe2O4@Pd/Activated carbon nanocomposite as a recoverable catalyst for the reduction of nitroarenes in water
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Efficient reduction of nitro compounds into amines is an important industrial transformation. So, it is a great deal to design new catalysts for efficient reduction of the nitro compounds especially in water. In this work, a new magnetic Pd/activated carbon nanocomposite (CoFe2O4@Pd/AC) was synthesized via metal-impregnation-pyrolysis method. The CoFe2O4@Pd/AC was fully characterized by FT-IR, PXRD, FESEM, TEM, VSM, EDX-mapping and BET techniques. The results showed that CoFe2O4@Pd/AC is a highly reactive and easily recoverable magnetic catalyst for the reduction of the nitro compounds by using NaBH4 in water. For instance, aniline was obtained in high yield (99%) after 75 ?min at 25 ?C by using just 6 ?mg of the catalyst. In addition, CoFe2O4@Pd/AC was recovered by a simple magnetic decantation and it exhibits stable activity and remains intact during the catalytic process with no significant loss in activity (8 cycles).
- Hamadi, Hosein,Kazeminezhad, Iraj,Mohammadian, Sara
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- Synthesis of Novel Chalcone-Based L-Homoserine Lactones and Their Quorum Sensing Inhibitory Activity Evaluation
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Abstract: Two novel series of chalcone-based homoserine lactones were synthesized and their quorum sensing (QS) inhibitory activity was evaluated against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro. Furthermore these compounds’ capacity for modulation of the LasR-dependent quorum sensing system of P. aeruginosa was identified. Among these compounds, (S)-2-((4-(3-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenyl) acryloyl) phenyl) amino)-N-(2-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-yl)acetamide exerted the inhibition of LasR-dependent QS system of P. aeruginosa in contrast to brominated furanone C30. Worthy of particular note, this research has delivered novel potent quorum sensing inhibitors (QSIs), which strongly inhibit the production of virulence factors in a wild type strain of this pathogenic bacterium.
- Chunying, Luo,Feng, Pengxia,Li, Jieming,Li, Pan,Liu, Haoyue,Wu, Chun-Li,Zhao, Liutao
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- Synthesis, Antiproliferative and Cytotoxic Activities, DNA Binding Features and Molecular Docking Study of Novel Enamine Derivatives
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Novel enamine derivatives were synthesized from the reaction of lactone and chalcones and their antiproliferative and cytotoxic activities against six cancer cell lines (e. g., HeLa, HT29, A549, MCF7, PC3 and Hep3B) and one normal cell lines (e. g., FL) were investigated along with their mode of interactions with CT-DNA. Most of the enamine derivatives with IC50 values of 86–168 μM demonstrated much stronger antiproliferative activity than the starting molecules against the cancer cells. While, among the enamine derivatives, four compounds displayed higher cytotoxic potency than the control drugs (5-fluorouracil and cisplatin) against the Hep3B cell lines, these compounds did not exhibit any significant toxicity against normal cells, FL. The UV/VIS spectral data suggest that eight compounds cause hypochromism with a slight bathochromic shift (~6 nm), indicating that they bind to the DNA by way of an intercalative or minor groove binding mode. The binding constants of the compounds are in the range of 0.1×103 M?1–2.3×104 M?1. The antiproliferative activity of studied enamine derivatives could possibly be due to their DNA binding as well as their cytotoxic properties. In addition to these assays, the chalcones and enamine derivatives were investigated by molecular docking to calculate the synergistic effect of antiproliferative activities against six human cancer cell lines.
- Burcu Gürdere, Meliha,Aydin, Ali,Yencilek, Belk?z,Ertürk, Fatih,?zbek, O?uz,Erkan, Sultan,Budak, Yakup,Ceylan, Mustafa
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- Synthesis and biological evaluation of amino chalcone derivatives as antiproliferative agents
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Chalcone is a common scaffold found in many biologically active compounds. The chalcone scaffold was also frequently utilized to design novel anticancer agents with potent biological efficacy. Aiming to continue the research of effective chalcone derivatives to treat cancers with potent anticancer activity, fourteen amino chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized. The antiproliferative activity of amino chalcone derivatives was studied in vitro and 5-Fu as a control group. Some of the compounds showed moderate to good activity against three human cancer cells (MGC-803, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cells) and compound 13e displayed the best antiproliferative activity against MGC-803 cells, HCT-116 cells and MCF-7 cells with IC50 values of 1.52 μM (MGC-803), 1.83 μM (HCT-116) and 2.54 μM (MCF-7), respectively which was more potent than the positive control (5-Fu). Further mechanism studies were explored. The results of cell colony formatting assay suggested compound 10e inhibited the colony formation of MGC-803 cells. DAPI fluorescent staining and flow cytometry assay showed compound 13e induced MGC-803 cells apoptosis. Western blotting experiment indicated compound 13e induced cell apoptosis via the extrinsic/intrinsic apoptosis pathway in MGC-803 cells. Therefore, compound 13e might be a valuable lead compound as antiproliferative agents and amino chalcone derivatives worth further effort to improve amino chalcone derivatives’ potency.
- Gu, Yu-Fan,Hu, Yang-Yang,Jin, Min-Jie,Li, Hong-Li,Li, Qian-Yu,Li, Qing-Rong,Li, Yin-Ru,Lu, Chao-Fan,Mu, Zhao-Yang,Pang, Xiao-Jing,Song, Jian,Wang, Sheng-Hui,Zhang, Sai-Yang,Zhang, Yan-Bing,Zhu, Ting
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- 1,3,4-oxadiazole/chalcone hybrids: Design, synthesis, and inhibition of leukemia cell growth and EGFR, Src, IL-6 and STAT3 activities
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A new series of 1,3,4-oxadiazole/chalcone hybrids was designed, synthesized, identified with different spectroscopic techniques and biologically evaluated as inhibitors of EGFR, Src, and IL-6. The synthesized compounds showed promising anticancer activity, particularly against leukemia, with 8v being the most potent. The synthesized compounds exhibited strong to moderate cytotoxic activities against K-562, KG-1a, and Jurkat leukemia cell lines in MTT assays. Compound 8v showed the strongest cytotoxic activity with IC50 of 1.95 μM, 2.36 μM and 3.45 μM against K-562, Jurkat and KG-1a leukemia cell lines, respectively. Moreover; the synthesized compounds inhibited EGFR, Src, and IL-6. Compound 8v was most effective at inhibiting EGFR (IC50 = 0.24 μM), Src (IC50 = 0.96 μM), and IL-6 (% of control = 20%). Additionally, most of the compounds decreased STAT3 activation.
- Fathi, Marwa Ali A.,Abd El-Hafeez, Amer Ali,Abdelhamid, Dalia,Abbas, Samar H.,Montano, Monica M.,Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed
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- Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel aminochalcones as potential anticancer and antimicrobial agents
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A series of 18 aminochalcone derivatives were obtained in yields of 21.5-88.6% by applying the classical Claisen-Schmidt reaction. Compounds 4-9, 14 and 16-18 with 4-ethyl, 4-carboxy-, 4-benzyloxy- and 4-benzyloxy-3-methoxy groups were novel, not previously described in the scientific literature. To determine the biological properties of the synthesized compounds, anticancer and antimicrobial activity assays were performed. Antiproliferative potential was evaluated on four different human colon cancer cell lines-HT-29, LS180, LoVo and LoVo/DX-using the SRB assay and compared with green monkey kidney fibroblasts COS7. Anticancer activity was described as the IC50 value. The best results were observed for 2′-aminochalcone (1), 3′-aminochalcone (2) and 4′-aminochalcone (3) (IC50 = 1.43-1.98 μg·mL-1) against the HT-29 cell line and for amino-nitrochalcones 10-12 (IC50 = 2.77-3.42 μg·mL-1) against the LoVo and LoVo/DX cell lines. Moreover, the antimicrobial activity of all derivatives was evaluated on two strains of bacteria: Escherichia coli ATCC10536 and Staphylococcus aureus DSM799, the yeast strain Candida albicans DSM1386 and three strains of fungi: Alternaria alternata CBS1526, Fusarium linii KB-F1 and Aspergillus Niger DSM1957. In the case of E. coli ATCC10536 almost all derivatives hindered the bacterial growth (ΔOD = 0). Furthermore, the best results were observed in the presence of 4′-aminochalcone (3), that completely limited the growth of all tested strains at the concentration range of 0.25-0.5 mg·mL-1. The strongest bacteriostatic activity was exhibited by novel 3′-amino-4-benzyloxychalcone (14), that prevented the growth of E. coli ATCC10536 with MIC = 0.0625 mg·mL-1
- Koz?owska, Joanna,Potaniec, Bart?omiej,Baczyńska, Dagmara,Zarowska, Barbara,Anio?, Miros?aw
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- Structure-aided drug development of potential neuraminidase inhibitors against pandemic H1N1 exploring alternate binding mechanism
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Abstract: The rate of mutability of pathogenic H1N1 influenza virus is a threat. The emergence of drug resistance to the current competitive inhibitors of neuraminidase, such as oseltamivir and zanamivir, attributes to a need for an alternative approach. The design and synthesis of new analogues with alternate approach are particularly important to identify the potential neuraminidase inhibitors which may not only have better anti-influenza activity but also can withstand challenge of resistance. Five series of scaffolds, namely aurones (1a–1e), pyrimidine analogues (2a–2b), cinnamic acid analogues (3a–3k), chalcones (4a–4h) and cinnamic acid linkages (5a–5c), were designed based on virtual screening against pandemic H1N1 virus. Molecular modelling studies revealed that the designed analogues occupied 430-loop cavity of neuraminidase. Docking of sialic acid in the active site preoccupied with the docked analogues, i.e. in 430-loop cavity, resulted in displacement of sialic acid from its native pose in the catalytic cavity. The favourable analogues were synthesized and evaluated for the cytotoxicity and cytopathic effect inhibition by pandemic H1N1 virus. All the designed analogues resulting in displacement of sialic acid suggested alternate binding mechanism. Overall results indicated that aurones can be measured best among all as potential neuraminidase inhibitor against pandemic H1N1 virus. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
- Malbari, Khushboo D.,Chintakrindi, Anand S.,Ganji, Lata R.,Gohil, Devanshi J.,Kothari, Sweta T.,Joshi, Mamata V.,Kanyalkar, Meena A.
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This invention relates to the treatment of conditions, such as cancer, associated with 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) expression using β-lapachone compounds that inhibit 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO), such as β- lapachone and derivatives thereof. Methods of treatment of conditions associated with 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) expression as well as medical uses of β-lapachone compounds in such methods are provided, as well as methods of selecting or prognosing cancer patients.
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- Discovery of novel thienoquinoline-2-carboxamide chalcone derivatives as antiproliferative EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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Novel thienoquinoline carboxamide-chalcone derivatives were prepared via the cyclization of acylated chalcones and 2-mercaptoquinoline-3-carbaldehyde in DMF with K2CO3. Thienoquinolines 9a–f, h exhibited promising antiproliferative effect against all the tested cell lines and gave a significant activity as EGFR inhibitors, with IC50 values ranging from 0.5 and 3.2 μM, and compounds 9e and 9f being the most active of the series. They also showed better activity than Erlotinib against melanoma cancer cell line A375. Moreover, compound 9f influenced pre G1 apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. The binding mode of the best EGFR inhibitor 9e in the EGFR active site revealed that the thienoquinoline ring occupied the ATP-binding site while the chalcone moiety is located in the allosteric site and is responsible for the enhanced activity of these compounds.
- Abdelbaset, Mahmoud S.,Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed,Ramadan, Mohamed,Abdelrahman, Mostafa H.,Abbas Bukhari, Syed Nasir,Ali, Taha F.S.,Abuo-Rahma, Gamal El-Din A.
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- EGFR inhibitors and apoptotic inducers: Design, synthesis, anticancer activity and docking studies of novel xanthine derivatives carrying chalcone moiety as hybrid molecules
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One of the helpful ways to improve the effectiveness of anticancer agents and weaken drug resistance is to use hybrid molecules. therefore, the current study intended to introduce 20 novel xanthine/chalcone hybrids 9–28 of promising anticancer activity. Compounds 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20 and 23 exhibited potent inhibition of cancer cells growth with IC50 ranging from 1.0 ± 0.1 to 3.5 ± 0.4 μM compared to doxorubicin with IC50 ranging from 0.90 ± 0.62 to 1.41 ± 0.58 μM and that compounds 11 and 16 were the best. To verify the mechanism of their anticancer activity, compounds 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20 and 23 were evaluated for their EGFR inhibitory effect. The study results revealed that compound 11 showed IC50 = 0.3 μM on the target enzyme which is more potent than staurosporine reference drug (IC50 = 0.4 μM). Accordingly, the apoptotic effect of the most potent compounds 11 was extensively investigated and showed a marked increase in Bax level up to 29 folds, and down-regulation in Bcl2 to 0.28 fold, in comparison to the control. Furthermore, the effect of compound 11 on Caspases 3 and 8 was evaluated and was found to increase their levels by 8 and 14 folds, respectively. Also, the effect of compound 11 on the cell cycle and its cytotoxic effect were examined. Moreover, a molecular docking study was adopted to confirm mechanism of action.
- Abou-Zied, Hesham A.,Youssif, Bahaa G.M.,Mohamed, Mamdouh F.A.,Hayallah, Alaa M.,Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed
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- New quinoline/chalcone hybrids as anti-cancer agents: Design, synthesis, and evaluations of cytotoxicity and PI3K inhibitory activity
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A series of quinoline-chalcone hybrids was designed as potential anti-cancer agents, synthesized and evaluated. Different cytotoxic assays revealed that compounds experienced promising activity. Compounds 9i and 9j were the most potent against all the cell lines tested with IC50 = 1.91–5.29 μM against A549 and K-562 cells. Mechanistically, 9i and 9j induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in both A549 and K562 cells. Moreover, all PI3K isoforms were inhibited non selectively with IC50s of 52–473 nM when tested against the two mentioned compounds with 9i being most potent against PI3K-γ (IC50 = 52 nM). Docking of 9i and 9j showed a possible formation of H-bonding with essential valine residues in the active site of PI3K-γ isoform. Meanwhile, Western blotting analysis revealed that 9i and 9j inhibited the phosphorylation of PI3K, Akt, mTOR, as well as GSK-3β in both A549 and K562 cells, suggesting the correlation of blocking PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway with the above antitumor activities. Together, our findings support the antitumor potential of quinoline-chalcone derivatives for NSCLC and CML by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway.
- Abbas, Samar H.,Abd El-Hafeez, Amer Ali,Shoman, Mai E.,Montano, Monica M.,Hassan, Heba A.
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p. 360 - 377
(2018/11/23)
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- Synthesis, structural characterization, and cytotoxic evaluation of chalcone derivatives
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Chalcones containing amino or acetamide groups on ring A and electron donating/withdrawing groups on ring B have been shown to have great cytotoxic potential against human cancer cell lines. In this work, a series of twenty chalcones, including nine 1-(4′-aminophenyl)-3-(substituted aryl)-2-propen-1-ones (1–9), nine 1-(4′-acetamidophenyl)-3-(substituted aryl)-2-propen-1-ones (1a–9a), and two 1-(3′-methoxy-4′-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(substituted aryl)-2-propen-1-ones (10, 11), were synthesized and submitted for initial biological screening using HCT-116 cells. Among the evaluated compounds, chalcone 6a showed strong and selective activity against HCT-116 cells (IC50 = 2.37 ± 0.73 μM). The preliminary structure–activity relationship analysis indicated that the cytotoxic effect of these compounds might be attributed to the combined effect of two electron withdrawing groups: the nitro group (NO2) at the meta-position of ring B and the acetyl group at the para-position of ring A. Moreover, chalcone 6a was able to induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis at a concentration of 10 μM after 24 h of incubation. These data reinforce that compound 6a could be a promising lead compound for the future exploration of selective anti-colon carcinoma cancer agents.
- N. Bandeira, Paulo,L. G. Lemos, Telma,S. Santos, Hélcio,C. S. de Carvalho, Mylena,P. Pinheiro, Daniel,O. de Moraes Filho, Manoel,Pessoa, Cláudia,W. A. Barros-Nepomuceno, Francisco,H. S. Rodrigues, Tigressa,R. V. Ribeiro, Paulo,S. Magalh?es, Herbert,M. R. Teixeira, Alexandre
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p. 2037 - 2049
(2019/09/09)
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- Antiproliferative activity and p53 upregulation effects of chalcones on human breast cancer cells
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Chalcones are valuable structures for drug discovery due to their broad bioactivity spectrum. In this study, we evaluated 20 synthetic chalcones against estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer cells (MCF-7 line) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells (MDA-MB-231 line). Antiproliferative screening by MTT assay resulted in two most active compounds: 2-fluoro-4’-aminochalcone (11) and 3-pyridyl-4’-aminochalcone (17). Their IC50 values ranged from 13.2 to 34.7?μM against both cell lines. Selected chalcones are weak basic compounds and maintained their antiproliferative activity under acidosis conditions (pH 6.7), indicating their resistance to ion-trapping effect. The mode of breast cancer cells death was investigated and chalcones 11 and 17 were able to induce apoptosis rather than necrosis in both lines. Antiproliferative target investigations with MCF-7 cells suggested 11 and 17 upregulated p53 protein expression and did not affect Sp1 protein expression. Future studies on chalcones 11 and 17 can define their in vivo therapeutic potential.
- dos Santos, Mariana Bastos,Bertholin Anselmo, Daiane,de Oliveira, Jéssica Gisleine,Jardim-Perassi, Bruna V.,Alves Monteiro, Diego,Silva, Gabriel,Gomes, Eleni,Lucia Fachin, Ana,Marins, Mozart,de Campos Zuccari, Débora Aparecida Pires,Octavio Regasini, Luis
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p. 1093 - 1099
(2019/06/06)
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- New 1,2,4-triazole-Chalcone hybrids induce Caspase-3 dependent apoptosis in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells
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A series of novel 1, 2, 4-triazole/chalcone hybrids was prepared and identified with different spectroscopic techniques. The prepared compounds showed remarkable cytotoxic activity against different cancer cell lines. Compounds 24, 25, 27, 41 and 47 had shown the highest cytotoxicity among the tested compounds against human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells with IC50 ranging from 4.4 to 16.04 μM compared to cisplatin with IC50 of 15.3 μM. Flow cytometric analysis of the tested compounds showed an increase in the number of apoptotic cells in a dose-dependent manner. The further mechanistic study demonstrated that 1, 2, 4-triazole-chalcone hybrids induced apoptosis via increased level of proapoptotic protein Bax, release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and activation of caspase-3/8/9 proteins. However, general caspase inhibition by the pan-caspase inhibitor, z-VAD-fmk, significantly decreased the apoptosis induced by the tested hybrids, suggesting dependency of apoptosis on activation of the caspase-3 pathway.
- Ahmed, Fatma F.,Abd El-Hafeez, Amer Ali,Abbas, Samar H.,Abdelhamid, Dalia,Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed
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p. 705 - 722
(2018/04/17)
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- Enhancing the Anti-Solvatochromic Two-Photon Fluorescence for Cirrhosis Imaging by Forming a Hydrogen-Bond Network
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Two-photon imaging is an emerging tool for biomedical research and clinical diagnostics. Electron donor–acceptor (D–A) type molecules are the most widely employed two-photon scaffolds. However, current D–A type fluorophores suffer from solvatochromic quenching in aqueous biological samples. To address this issue, we devised a novel class of D–A type green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophore analogues that form a hydrogen-bond network in water to improve the two-photon efficiency. Our design results in two-photon chalcone (TPC) dyes with 0.80 quantum yield and large two-photon action cross section (210 GM) in water. This strategy to form hydrogen bonds can be generalized to design two-photon materials with anti-solvatochromic fluorescence. To demonstrate the improved in vivo imaging, we designed a sulfide probe based on TPC dyes and monitored endogenous H2S generation and scavenging in the cirrhotic rat liver for the first time.
- Ren, Tian-Bing,Xu, Wang,Zhang, Qian-Ling,Zhang, Xing-Xing,Wen, Si-Yu,Yi, Hai-Bo,Yuan, Lin,Zhang, Xiao-Bing
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p. 7473 - 7477
(2018/06/18)
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- Synthesis of arylated chalcone derivatives via palladium cross-coupling reactions
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A useful protocol for arylation of the olefin double bond of chalcones to afford tri- and tetra-substituted chalcone derivatives is reported. The protocol begins with the Heck reaction between chalcones and aryl iodides providing β-arylchalcones. This reaction tolerates various functional groups on both rings, as well as deactivated aryl iodides. The products are obtained in moderate to excellent yields and the (E)-β-arylchalcones (E:Z > 96:4) can be isolated via precipitation. Competitive Heck reactions pointed to a significant effect of ring one substituents on the reaction rate, while substituents on ring two have a much smaller effect. To access α,β-diarylchalcones, a sequential bromination-Suzuki cross coupling strategy was applied to the β-arylated compounds which afforded double arylated chalcone derivatives in 60–99% yield over two steps.
- da Costa, Rafaela G.M.,Farias, Francisco R.L.,Back, Davi,Limberger, Jones
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p. 771 - 775
(2018/01/27)
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- 3-Aminomethyl pyridine chalcone derivatives: Design, synthesis, DNA binding and cytotoxic studies
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Herein we report design, synthesis, and anticancer activity of compounds 6a–h and 11a–j. Compounds 6a–f were designed based on 3-aminomethyl pyridine attached to different acetamide derivatives and in compounds 6g–h it was attached to coumarin moiety. Coumarin containing compounds 6g–h showed very poor anticancer activity against both A549 (Lungs cancer cell line), and MCF-7 (Breast cancer cell line) cell lines in MTT assay. Compounds 11a–j were designed as derivatives of 3-aminomethyl pyridine and 4-amino chalcones. A series of chalcone derivatives of 3-aminomethyl pyridine 11a–j have been synthesized and screened for their in vitro anticancer activity and DNA binding affinity. Most of the compounds showed very good antimitotic activity against A549 cell line as compared to fluorouracil. Compounds 11g and 11i were selected for DNA-binding studies as they showed excellent activity against cancer cell lines in MTT assay. CT-DNA binding affinity of compounds 11g and 11i have been investigated by UV based DNA titration and fluorescence emission study against DNA-EtBr complex. Interestingly, compound 11i has displayed excellent antiproliferative activity, with IC50 0.0067?±?0.0002?μm, against MCF-7 cell line. Compound 11i has been studied for its cytotoxicity using MTT, LDH, as well as EtBr/AO assay and was found to induce apoptosis in the cancerous cell line.
- Durgapal, Sunil Dutt,Soni, Rina,Umar, Shweta,Suresh, Balakrishnan,Soman, Shubhangi S.
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p. 1279 - 1287
(2018/06/29)
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- Transition-Metal-Free Highly Chemoselective and Stereoselective Reduction with Se/DMF/H2O System
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A novel metal-free reduction system, in which H2Se (or HSe-) produced in situ from Se/DMF/H2O acts as the active reducing species, has been developed. By using water as an inexpensive, safe, and environmentally friendly surrogate as the hydrogen donor, this new reduction system incorporating Se/DMF/H2O displayed high selectivity and good activity in the reduction of α,β-unsaturated ketones and alkynes. Therefore, this reduction system has great potential to be a general and practical reduction methodology in organic transformation.
- Li, Hong-Chen,An, Cui,Wu, Ge,Li, Guo-Xing,Huang, Xiao-Bo,Gao, Wen-Xia,Ding, Jin-Chang,Zhou, Yun-Bing,Liu, Miao-Chang,Wu, Hua-Yue
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p. 5573 - 5577
(2018/09/12)
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- Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of novel cationic chalcone derivatives possessing broad spectrum antibacterial activity
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There is an urgent need to identify new antibiotics with novel mechanisms that combat antibiotic resistant bacteria. Herein, a series of chalcone derivatives that mimic the essential properties of cationic antimicrobial peptides were designed and synthesized. Antibacterial activities against drug-sensitive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, as well as clinical multiple drug resistant isolates of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), KPC-2-producing and NDM-1-producing Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae were evaluated. Representative compounds 5a (MIC: 1 μg/mL against S. aureus, 0.5 μg/mL against MRSA) and 5g (MIC: 0.5 μg/mL against S. aureus, 0.25 μg/mL against MRSA) showed good bactericidal activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including the drug-resistant species MRSA, KPC and NDM. These membrane-active antibacterial compounds were demonstrated to reduce the viable cell counts in bacterial biofilms effectively and do not induce the development of resistance in bacteria. Additionally, these representative molecules exhibited negligible toxicity toward mammalian cells at a suitable concentration. The combined results indicate that this series of cationic chalcone derivatives have potential therapeutic effects against bacterial infections.
- Chu, Wen-Chao,Bai, Peng-Yan,Yang, Zhao-Qing,Cui, De-Yun,Hua, Yong-Gang,Yang, Yi,Yang, Qian-Qian,Zhang, En,Qin, Shangshang
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p. 905 - 921
(2017/12/26)
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- Design, Synthesis, and Antiviral Activity of Novel Chalcone Derivatives Containing a Purine Moiety
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To find new antiviral agents, novel chalcone derivatives containing a purine moiety were designed and synthesized by combining bioactive substructures. The antiviral activities of the derivatives against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) were evaluated. Results showed that most of the derivatives showed antiviral activities. Compounds 3n and 3p exhibited excellent curative, protective and inactivation activities against TMV, with the EC50 values of 452.4, 416.2, 241.2 and 438.7, 418.6, 261.7 μg?mL?1, respectively, which were better than those of ribavirin (585.8, 436.0 and 268.7 μg?mL?1). Compounds 3n and 3p showed remarkable curative and protective activities against CMV. Compound 3n showed a moderate affinity to TMV coat protein, with binding constant Ka and Kd values of 1.5 × 104 L?mol?1 and 79.8 μmol?L?1, respectively. These findings provided an important structural insight for further designs of highly active chalcone derivatives and a basis for further study on their mechanism of action.
- Gan, Xiuhai,Wang, Yanjiao,Hu, Deyu,Song, Baoan
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p. 665 - 672
(2017/05/29)
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- Antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic activities of 2′- and 4′-aminochalcones against tumor canine cells
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In the present study, a series of 2′- and 4′-aminochalcones were synthesized and their antiproliferative activity against a canine malignant histiocytic cell line (DH82) was evaluated. Particularly aminochalcones with a hydrophobic substituent on ring B proved to be potent antiproliferative agents. Among these compounds, aminochalcones 3, 4 and 11 inhibited the growth of DH82 cells, with IC50 values of 34.4, 31.4 and 38.2 μM, respectively, and were three times more potent than etoposide (IC50 = 95.5 μM). The selected chalcones induced death through apoptosis rather than necrosis in DH82 and non-tumorigenic Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK). Further experiments suggested that the aminochalcones interfere with the regulation of oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes. Aminochalcone 11 inhibited transcription of the TOPOIIα and TP53 genes and aminochalcone 4 down-regulated Sp1 protein expression in a concentration-dependent manner.
- Santos, Mariana B.,Pinhanelli, Vitor C.,Garcia, Mayara A.R.,Silva, Gabriel,Baek, Seung J.,Fran?a, Suzelei C.,Fachin, Ana L.,Marins, Mozart,Regasini, Luis O.
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p. 884 - 889
(2017/07/24)
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- Design and synthesis of new coumarin–chalcone/NO hybrids of potential biological activity
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Abstract: This study aims at investigating a synthesis approach based on molecular hybridization strategy through grafting an nitric oxide-releasing moiety, oxime, to coumarin–chalcone hybrids. In vitro anti-proliferative activity of some of the prepared compounds showed moderate activity (growth inhibition values = 45.85, 40.86, 39.25 for compound 8a against leukemia, Central Nervous system and breast cancer cells, respectively). Also, IC50 = 9.62 and 14.40 for compounds 8h and 8f, respectively against breast Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 cell lines. The antibacterial screening results suggest a possible role for nitric oxide in enhancement of the antibacterial activity where nitric oxide is not the only factor but other factors like physicochemical properties should be investigated for their potential role on the activity.
- El-Sherief, Hany A.,Abuo-Rahma, Gamal El-Din A.,Shoman, Mai E.,Beshr, Eman A.,Abdel-baky, Rehab M.
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p. 3077 - 3090
(2017/10/06)
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- A new solid acid catalyst FeCl3/bentonite for aldol condensation under solvent-free condition
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For the first time, a new solid acid catalyst has been used for the synthesis of aryl chalcones under solvent free conditions. A simple method (solid dispersion method) has been adopted for the synthesis of FeCl3/bentonite. The prepared catalyst has been characterized by different characterization techniques. A series of E-1-(substituted phenyl)-3-(1-pyrenyl)-2-propen-1-ones have been synthesized using FeCl3/bentonite under microwave-assisted solvent-free conditions. The yields are in the range from 80 to 88%. All the synthesized chalcones have been characterized by their physical constants, analytical, IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectral data. This catalyst can be reused for further runs (after fifth cycle) without decrease in activity. This catalyst gives excellent yields and is inexpensive and easily recyclable for this reaction.
- Muthuvel,Dineshkumar,Thirumurthy,Rajasri,Thirunarayanan
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p. 252 - 260
(2017/01/18)
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- QSAR, in silico docking and in vitro evaluation of chalcone derivatives as potential inhibitors for H1N1 virus neuraminidase
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Thirty three chalcones were synthesized and tested on viral H1N1 neuraminidase activity by using MUNANA assay [2′-(4-methylumbelliferyl)-α-d-N-acetylneuraminic acid] assay with DANA (2,3-didehydro-2-deoxy-N-acetylneuraminic acid) was used as standard. 2D and 3D-quantitative structure?activity relationship models have been successfully developed with a good correlative and predictive ability for quantitative structure?activity relationships of these chalcone derivatives. Result from the 2D-quantitative structure?activity relationship model indicates that electrostatic parameter enhanced bioactivity of the chalcones while steric substituents diminished their potency as H1N1 neuraminidase inhibitors. 3D-quantitative structure?activity relationship model showed the importance of the position of the hydroxyl group in chalcone derivatives which can influence on hydrophobicity, hydrogen bond donor and aromatic ring features that enhance the biological activity. Finally, docking studies showed that chalcones MC8 and MC16 with low C docker interaction energies and higher numbers of hydrogen bonding have better inhibitory activity against viral H1N1 neuraminidase.
- Yaeghoobi, Marzieh,Frimayanti, Neni,Chee, Chin Fei,Ikram, Kusaira K.,Najjar, Belal O.,Zain, Sharifuddin M.,Abdullah, Zanariah,Wahab, Habibah A.,Rahman, Noorsaadah Abd.
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p. 2133 - 2142
(2016/10/25)
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- Synthesis and biological evaluation of some new pyrazoline derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents
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A series of pyrazolyl urea 3a-l and pyrazolyl sulphonamide 4a-l derivatives have been synthesized by the reaction of respective pyrazoline derivatives 2a-l with phenylisocyanate and p-acetamidobenzenesulphonylchloride respectively. All the synthesized compounds are characterized by IR, 1H NMR, mass spectral data, and elemental analysis. The compounds have been screened for their anti-inflammatory, analgesic, ulcerogenic and lipid peroxidation potential.
- Amir, Mohd,Ali, Sazid,Somakala
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p. 478 - 485
(2017/01/18)
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- Structure based medicinal chemistry-driven strategy to design substituted dihydropyrimidines as potential antileishmanial agents
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In an attempt to explore novel and more potent antileishmanial compounds to diversify the current inhibitors, we pursued a medicinal chemistry-driven strategy to synthesize novel scaffolds with common pharmacophoric features of dihydropyrimidine and chalcone as current investigational antileishmanial compounds. Based on the reported X-ray structure of Pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) from Leishmania major, we have designed a number of dihydropyrimidine-based derivatives to make specific interactions in PTR1 active site. Our lead compound 8i has shown potent in vitro antileishmanial activity against promastigotes of L. Major and Leishmania donovani with IC50 value of 0.47 1/4g/ml and 1.5 1/4g/ml respectively. The excellent in vitro activity conclusively revealed that our lead compound is efficient enough to eradicate both visceral and topical leishmaniasis. In addition, docking analysis and in silico ADMET predictions were also carried out. Predicted molecular properties supported our experimental analysis that these compounds have potential to eradicate both visceral and topical leishmaniasis.
- Rashid, Umer,Sultana, Riffat,Shaheen, Nargis,Hassan, Syed Fahad,Yaqoob, Farhana,Ahmad, Muhammad Jawad,Iftikhar, Fatima,Sultana, Nighat,Asghar, Saba,Yasinzai, Masoom,Ansari, Farzana Latif,Qureshi, Naveeda Akhter
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(2016/04/05)
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- Applying the designed multiple ligands approach to inhibit dihydrofolate reductase and thioredoxin reductase for anti-proliferative activity
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The development of multi-targeting drugs is currently being explored as an attractive alternative to combination therapy, especially for the treatment of complex diseases such as cancer. Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) are enzymes belonging to two unrelated cellular pathways that are known to contribute towards cancer cell growth and survival. In order to evaluate whether simultaneous inhibition of DHFR and TrxR by dihydrotriazines (DHFR-targeting) and chalcones (TrxR-targeting) may be beneficial, breast MCF-7 and colorectal HCT116 carcinoma cells were treated with combinations of selected dihydrotriazines and chalcones at a 1:1 M ratio. Two combinations demonstrated synergy at low-to-moderate concentrations. Based on this result, four merged dihydrotriazine-chalcone compounds were designed and synthesized. Two compounds, 11a [DHFR IC50 = 56.4 μM, TrxR IC50 (60 min) = 12.6 μM] and 11b [DHFR IC50 = 2.4 μM, TrxR IC50 (60 min) = 10.1 μM], demonstrated in vitro inhibition of DHFR and TrxR. The compounds showed growth inhibitory activity against MCF-7 and HCT116 cells, but lacked cytotoxicity. Molecular docking experiments showed 11b to possess rational binding modes to both the enzymes. In conclusion, this study has not only identified the dihydrotriazine and chalcone scaffolds as good starting points for the development of dual inhibitors of DHFR and TrxR, but also demonstrated the synthetic feasibility of producing a chemical entity that could result in simultaneous inhibition of DHFR and TrxR. Future efforts to improve the antiproliferative profiles of such compounds will look at alternative ways of integrating the two pharmacophoric scaffolds.
- Ng, Hui-Li,Chen, Shangying,Chew, Eng-Hui,Chui, Wai-Keung
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- Discovery of novel AHLs as potent antiproliferative agents
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Three series of novel AHL analogs were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against four human cancer cell lines. The SARs investigation indicated that AHLs with a terminal phenyl group, especially those with the chalcone scaffold had remarkably enhanced cytotoxicity than those with the hydrophobic side chains. Besides, some of these compounds were much more potent than 5-Fu and natural OdDHL. Through the detailed SARs discussions, we found that compounds 10a-k and 14 with the 4-amino chalcone scaffold showed excellent inhibition against all the tested cancer cell lines and were much more potent than 5-Fu and AHLs. Such scaffold may act as a template for further lead optimization. Compound 10i with a 3, 4, 5-trimethoxy group was the most potent one against all the tested cancer cell lines. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that analog 11e induced the cellular apoptosis and cell cycle arrest of MCF-7 cells at G2/M phase in a concentration-and time-dependent manner.
- Ren, Jing-Li,Zhang, Xu-Yao,Yu, Bin,Wang, Xi-Xin,Shao, Kun-Peng,Zhu, Xiao-Ge,Liu, Hong-Min
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p. 321 - 329
(2015/03/04)
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- Synthesis, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of ring-a-monosubstituted chalcone derivatives
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A library of ring-A-monosubstituted chalcone derivatives (4a-4i, 5a and 5b) was designed and synthesised. The structures as well as the identities of these compounds were established on the basis of spectral (1H NMR, 13C NMR, FT-IR and Mass) and elemental (C, H, N) analyses. All the derivatives were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities in vitro using the inhibition of protein denaturation and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assays, respectively. The results indicated a promising anti-inflammatory activity for most of the synthesised compounds with many derivatives showing activities similar to or greater than that of the standard. The sulphonamide-substituted chalcones 4h, 4i, 5a and 5b were found to be the most active derivatives across the concentration range tested. However, all the derivatives exhibited rather mild antioxidant activity compared to the ascorbic acid standard. Interestingly, it was observed that the unsubstituted parent chalcone was one of the optimal compounds with only the trifluoromethyl analogue 4a showing better activity as an antioxidant. The two regioisomeric aminochalcones and 4′-cyanochalcone 4b also seemed to possess decent antioxidant potential.
- Iqbal, Hiba,Prabhakar, Visakh,Sangith, Atul,Chandrika, Baby,Balasubramanian, Ranganathan
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p. 4383 - 4394
(2015/04/22)
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- Design and synthesis of chalcone derivatives as inhibitors of the ferredoxin - Ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase interaction of Plasmodium falciparum: Pursuing new antimalarial agents
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Some chalcones have been designed and synthesized using Claisen-Schmidt reactions as inhibitors of the ferredoxin and ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase interaction to pursue a new selective antimalaria agent. The synthesized compounds exhibited inhibition interactions between PfFd-PfFNR in the range of 10.94%-50%. The three strongest inhibition activities were shown by (E)-1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (50%), (E)-1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (38.16%), and (E)-1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-(2,3-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one (31.58%). From the docking experiments we established that the amino group of the methoxyamino chlacone derivatives plays an important role in the inhibition activity by electrostatic interaction through salt bridges and that it forms more stable and better affinity complexes with FNR than with Fd.
- Suwito, Hery,Jumina,Pudjiastuti, Pratiwi,Puspaningsih, Ni Nyoman Tri,Mustofa,Fanani, Much Zaenal,Kimata-Ariga, Yoko,Katahira, Ritsuko,Fujiwara, Toshimichi,Hase, Toshiharu,Kawakami, Toru,Sirat, Hasnah Mohd
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p. 21473 - 21488
(2015/02/19)
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- Chalcones with electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents: Anticancer activity against TRAIL resistant cancer cells, structure-activity relationship analysis and regulation of apoptotic proteins
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In the present study, a series of 46 chalcones were synthesised and evaluated for antiproliferative activities against the human TRAIL-resistant breast (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231), cervical (HeLa), ovarian (Caov-3), lung (A549), liver (HepG2), colorectal (HT-29), nasopharyngeal (CNE-1), erythromyeloblastoid (K-562) and T-lymphoblastoid (CEM-SS) cancer cells. The chalcone 38 containing an amino (-NH2) group on ring A was the most potent and selective against cancer cells. The effects of the chalcone 38 on regulation of 43 apoptosis-related markers in HT-29 cells were determined. The results showed that 20 apoptotic markers (Bad, Bax, Bcl-2, Bcl-w, Bid, Bim, CD40, Fas, HSP27, IGF-1, IGFBP-4, IGFBP-5, Livin, p21, Survivin, sTNF-R2, TRAIL-R2, XIAP, caspase-3 and caspase-8) were either up regulated or down regulated.
- Mai, Chun Wai,Yaeghoobi, Marzieh,Abd-Rahman, Noorsaadah,Kang, Yew Beng,Pichika, Mallikarjuna Rao
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p. 378 - 387
(2014/04/17)
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- Preheated fly-ash catalyzed aldol condensation: Efficient synthesis of chalcones and antimicrobial activities of some 3-thienyl chalcones
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In the present study we have prepared a series of some chalcones using solvent - free Aldol - condensation by microwave irradiation. The yields of the ketones are more than 60%. The synthesised chalcones were characterized by their analytical, physical and spectral data. The antimicrobial activities of substituted styryl 3-thienyl ketones have been studied using Bauer-Kirby method.
- Arulkumaran, Ranganathan,Vijayakumar, Sambandhamoorthy,Sakthinathan, S. Pazhanivel,Kamalakkannan, Dakshnamoorthy,Ranganathan, Kaliyaperumal,Suresh, Ramamoorthy,Sundararajan, Rajasekaran,Vanangamudi, Ganesan,Thirunarayanan, Ganesamoorthy
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p. 1684 - 1690
(2013/09/24)
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- Synthesis and methemoglobinemia-inducing properties of analogues of para-aminopropiophenone designed as humane rodenticides
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A number of structural analogues of the known toxicant para- aminopropiophenone (PAPP) have been prepared and evaluated for their capacity to induce methemoglobinemia - with a view to their possible application as humane pest control agents. It was found that an optimal lipophilicity for the formation of methemoglobin (metHb) in vitro existed for alkyl analogues of PAPP (aminophenones 1-20; compound 6 metHb% = 74.1 ± 2). Besides lipophilicity, this structural sub-class suggested there were certain structural requirements for activity, with both branched (10-16) and cyclic (17-20) alkyl analogues exhibiting inferior in vitro metHb induction. Of the four candidates (compounds 4, 6, 13 and 23) evaluated in vivo, 4 exhibited the greatest toxicity. In parallel, aminophenone bioisosteres, including oximes 30-32, sulfoxide 33, sulfone 34 and sulfonamides 35-36, were found to be inferior metHb inducers to lead ketone 4. Closer examination of Hammett substituent constants suggests that a particular combination of the field and resonance parameters may be significant with respect to the redox mechanisms behind PAPPs metHb toxicity.
- Rennison, David,Conole, Daniel,Tingle, Malcolm D.,Yang, Junpeng,Eason, Charles T.,Brimble, Margaret A.
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p. 6629 - 6635
(2014/01/06)
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- Solvent-free synthesis, spectral correlations and antimicrobial activities of some aryl e 2-propen-1-ones
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Totally 38 aryl E 2-propen-1-ones including nine substituted styryl 4-iodophenyl ketones have been synthesised using solvent-free SiO 2-H3PO4 catalyzed Aldol condensation between respective methyl ketones and substituted benzaldehydes under microwave irradiation. The yields of the ketones are more than 80%. The synthesised chalcones were characterized by their analytical, physical and spectroscopic data. The spectral frequencies of synthesised substituted styryl 4-iodophenyl ketones have been correlated with Hammett substituent constants, F and R parameters using single and multi-linear regression analysis. The antimicrobial activities of 4-iodophenyl chalcones have been studied using Bauer-Kirby method.
- Sathiyamoorthi,Mala,Sakthinathan,Kamalakkannan,Suresh,Vanangamudi,Thirunarayanan
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p. 245 - 256
(2013/11/06)
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- Novel N-4-piperazinyl-ciprofloxacin-chalcone hybrids: Synthesis, physicochemical properties, anticancer and topoisomerase i and II inhibitory activity
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A group of novel N-4-piperazinyl-ciprofloxacin-chalcone hybrids was prepared. One-dose anticancer test results indicated that compounds 3a and 3g exhibited the highest ability to inhibit the proliferation of different cancer cell lines. Compound 3a exhibited a broad-spectrum of anti-tumor activity without pronounced selectivity while compound 3g revealed high selectivity toward the leukemia subpanel with selectivity ratio of 6.71 at GI50 level. Moreover, compounds 3e and 3j have shown remarkable topo II inhibitory activity compared to etoposide at 100 μM and 20 μM concentrations. Compounds 3e and 3j exhibited comparably potent topo I inhibitory activity at 20 μM concentration compared to camptothecin. Compounds 3e and 3j exhibited strong topo II inhibitory activities compared to topo I at 20 μM concentration. Studying of the solubility and partition coefficient revealed higher lipophilicity of the hybrids 3a-j compared to the parent ciprofloxacin.
- Abdel-Aziz, Mohamed,Park, So-Eun,Abuo-Rahma, Gamal El-Din A.A.,Sayed, Mohamed A.,Kwon, Youngjoo
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p. 427 - 438
(2013/10/22)
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- Fly-ash:H2SO4 catalyzed solvent free efficient synthesis of some aryl chalcones under microwave irradiation
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Some 2E aryl chalcones have been synthesized using greener catalyst Fly-ash:H2SO4 assisted solvent free environmentally benign Crossed-Aldol reaction. The yields of chalcones are more than 90%. The synthesized chalcones are characterized by their physical constants and spectral data.
- Thirunarayanan,Mayavel,Thirumurthy
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experimental part
p. 18 - 22
(2012/05/05)
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- Antimicrobial and cytotoxicity potential of acetamido, amino and nitrochalcones
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Background: Chalcones constitute one of the major classes of natural products belonging to the flavonoid family, and they have been reported as having a range of important therapeutic activities, including some chalcones are effective as antimicrobial agents. Currently, the search for new structures with antimicrobial activity has been intensified due to the emergence of many strains resistant to antibiotics currently used to treat infectious diseases. Method: 3 chalcone series (amino, acetamido and nitrochalcones) were prepared (23 compounds) and evaluated for their antimicrobial and cytotoxic potential. The effects of substituents on their respective activities also was evaluated. Results & Conclusion: The results showed that 4 aminochalcones (2, 4, 8, 9), 3 acetoamidochalcones (10, 14, 18) and 3 nitrochalcones (20, 22, 23), exhibited antifungal effects. The aminochalcones were more toxic than the acetamidochalcones, while the nitrochalcones did not present any toxic effect. It was verified that there seems to be structure-activity correlation in some electron-donating and withdrawing substituents groups in rings A and B of the synthetized chalcone analogues and its antifungal and cytotoxic activity. Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart New York.
- Trist?o,Campos-Buzzi,Corrêa,Cruz,Cechinel Filho,Bella Cruz
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supporting information
p. 590 - 594
(2013/03/13)
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- Synthesis of amino chalcones in presence of ionic liquid as soluble support
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A microwave-assisted liquid phase synthesis of aminochalcones was developed by using aldehyde-functionalized ionic liquid as soluble support. Ionic liquid bound aminoacetophenone was treated with aromatic aldehyde to give supported chalcone derivatives. After cleavage, the target compounds were obtained in 83-92 % yields and ≥ 95 % purities without column chromatographic purification. The recovered aldehyde-functionalized ionic liquid could be reused for several times without affecting its activity and the yields of desired compounds were between 86-89 %. These results indicated that the presented method could be applied efficiently to the liquid phase combinatorial chemistry based on aldol condensation.
- Pan, Xianhua,Yi, Fengping,Zhang, Xuan,Chen, Shihong
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experimental part
p. 3809 - 3813
(2012/09/07)
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- Synthesis of new chalcone derivatives containing acridinyl moiety with potential antimalarial activity
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A series of novel chalcones bearing acridine moiety attached to the amino group in their ring A have been synthesized through noncatalyzed nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction between various 3′-aminochalcone or 4′-aminochalcones and 9-chloroacridine. The synthesized chalcone derivatives have been characterized and screened for in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum NF-54. All the chalcones showed complete inhibition at concentration of 10 μg/mL and above while three compounds showed significant inhibition at concentration of 2 μg/mL. The three most active chalcone derivatives were screened for in vivo activity as well, but no significant inhibition in parasitaemia was observed when given intraperitoneally to Plasmodium yoelii infected mice model.
- Tomar,Bhattacharjee,Kamaluddin,Rajakumar,Srivastava, Kumkum,Puri
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scheme or table
p. 745 - 751
(2010/04/04)
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