ABSTRACT
A new series of 3-(3-ethylphenyl)-2-substituted hydrazino-3H-quinazolin-4-ones were synthesized by reacting the amino group of 2-hydrazino-3-(3-ethylphenyl)-3H-quinazolin-4-one with a variety of aldehydes and ketones. The title compounds were investigated for analgesic, anti-inflammatory and ulcerogenic index behavior. The compound 2-(N'-3-pentylidene-hydrazino)-3-(3-ethylphenyl)-3H-quinazolin-4-one (AS2) emerged as the most active compound in exhibiting analgesic activity and the compound 2-(N'-2-pentylidene-hydrazino)-3-(3-ethylphenyl)-3H-quinazolin-4-one (AS3) emerged as the most active compound in exhibiting anti-inflammatory activity; and these compounds are moderately potent when compared with the reference standard diclofenac sodium. Interestingly, the test compounds showed only mild ulcerogenic potential when compared with aspirin.
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Analgesics/chemical synthesis , Analgesics/pharmacology , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/chemical synthesis , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology , Quinazolines/chemical synthesis , Quinazolines/pharmacology , Aldehydes/chemical synthesis , Aldehydes/chemistry , Analgesics/chemistry , Animals , Anti-Inflammatory Agents/chemistry , Female , Ketones/chemical synthesis , Ketones/chemistry , Male , Mice , Quinazolines/chemistry , Rats , Structure-Activity RelationshipABSTRACT
The effect of acute bilateral adrenalectomy on the pressor responses to adrenaline, noradrenaline and isoprenaline was studied in anaesthetized dogs. The responses to all the three catecholamines were reduced by adrenalectomy. Treatment with cortisone, cyclic AMP partially restored the responsiveness. Desocycorticosterone, aldosterone, hydrocortisone, phenylbutazone or infusion of either saline and noradrenaline failed to improve the impaired pressor responses seen in adrenalectomized dogs. Treatment with corticosterone alone. combined administration of aldosterone and hydrocortisone or cortisone followed by cyclic 3',5'-AMP also restored catecholamine responses amost to normal. The pressor responses to catecholmaines in dogs were also reduced by metyrapone-induced cortical insufficiency. Administration of corticosterone, cortisone or cyclic AMP slightly improved these responses; the recovery was not, however, as effective as that noted in the adrenalectomized condition.
