Benzofuran-morpholinomethyl-pyrazoline hybrids as a new class of vasorelaxant agents: synthesis and quantitative structure-activity relationship study.

The benzofuran-morpholinomethyl-pyrazoline hybrids 4a-e, 5a-e and 6a-j were synthesized via reaction of α,ß-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 3a-e with hydrazine hydrate, semicarbazide or thiosemicarbazide. Applying the Mannich reaction to 5-(5-aryl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-4-methoxybenzofuran-6-ols 7a-e with morpholine hydrochloride and paraformaldehyde afforded positional isomeric 7-morpholinomethyl derivatives 4a-e and N-morpholinomethyl derivatives 8a-e. All the synthesized compounds showed significant vasodilatation properties in isolated thoracic aortic rings of rats precontracted using the standard norepinephrine hydrochloride technique. Compounds 3d, 3e, 5a-c, 6b, 6c, 6f, 6h and 6i exhibited activity (IC50 0.3185-0.4577 mM) superior to that of prazocin (IC50 0.487 mM), while 5d, 6j and 8c showed comparable activity (IC50 0.4789-0.4951 mM). The quantitative structure-activity relationship study revealed a correlation between the observed vasorelaxant activities of the newly synthesized compounds and their different physicochemical parameters, especially solubility, in addition to structure connectivity and energetic quantities calculated from stored three dimensional (3D) conformations. Absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination (ADME) evaluation showed good agreement with the biological results obtained.

Synthesis, quantitative structure-activity relationship and biological evaluation of 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives possessing diphenylamine moiety as potential anticancer agents.

Synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole (2a-c), 3-substituted aminomethyl-5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione (4a-m) and 2-substituted thio-5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole (5a, b) had been described. All the synthesized derivatives were screened for anticancer activity against HT29 and MCF7 cancer cell lines using Sulfo-Rodamine B (SRB) standard method. Most of the tested compounds exploited potent antiproliferative activity against HT29 cancer cell line rather than MCF7 cancer cell line. Compounds 2a-c, 4f and 5a exhibited potent cytotoxicity (IC(50) 1.3-2.0 µM) and selectivity against HT29 cancer cell line. Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study was applied to find a correlation between the experimental antiproliferative activities of the newly synthesized oxadiazole derivatives with their physicochemical parameter and topological index.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of some substituted-2-N-(5-chloro-2-methoxy-4-methylphenylsulphonyl) glutamic acid derivatives against prostate cancer cell line PC3.

New series of substituted glutamine 5a-l and glutamic acid diamides, diureide and dihydrazide 7a-e were synthesized from parent glutamic acid compound 3 and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity against tumor cell line PC3 (prostate cancer cell line). Most of the tested compounds exploited potent growth inhibitory activity with IC(50) values ranging 0.034-3.97 µM. Particularly, compounds 5a, 3, 5j, 5b, 7c, 7e, 5l, and 5k exhibited superior potency (IC(50)=0.034, 0.04, 0.05, 0.074, 0.25, 0.4, 0.49, 0.522 µM, respectively) to the reference drug Doxorubicin (IC(50)=0.63 µM), while compound 7b showed IC(50), 0.71 µM, comparable to that of Doxorubicin. In summary, the newly synthesized compounds provided promising new lead for the future design and development of glutamine and glutamic acid derivatives as novel antitumor agents. The quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study was applied to find a mathematical correlation between the structures of compounds and their activity against PC3 cell line expressed as IC(50) values.