Pyridine and Benzoisothiazole Decorated Vanillin Chalcones: Synthesis, Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, Molecular Docking Study and ADMET Properties.

BACKGROUND: The search for new antimicrobial drugs is a never-ending task due to microbial resistance to the existing drugs. Antioxidants are essential to prevent free radical reactions which lead to chronic diseases to humankind. OBJECTIVE: The present studies were aimed at synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of pyridine and benzoisothiazole decorated chalcones. MATERIALS AND METHODS: FTIR spectra were recorded using KBr pellets on Shimadzu FT-IR spectrophotometer. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on Bruker 400 MHz spectrometer. Antimicrobial activity of the synthesized chalcones was found to be good against different bacterial and fungal strains. Antioxidant activity was studied in terms of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, hydroxyI and superoxide radical scavenging activities. Molecular docking was studied using Discovery Studio Visualizer Software, version 16 whereas Autodock Vina program was used to predict the toxicity profile of the compounds using FAFDrugs2 predictor. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The compounds 5c, 5d & 6c showed good antioxidant activities. The insilico molecular docking study supports the experimental results and demonstrated that the chalcones 5d, 6a and 7a are the most active among the synthesized derivatives. CONCLUSION: Prediction of pharmacokinetic parameters and molecular docking studies suggest that the synthesized chalcones have good pharmacokinetic properties to act as lead molecules in the drug discovery process.

Synthesis, biological evaluation, and docking studies of 3-(substituted)-aryl-5-(9-methyl-3-carbazole)-1H-2-pyrazolines as potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents.

A novel series of 3-(substituted)-aryl-5-(9-methyl-3-carbazole)-1H-2-pyrazolines (5a-o) has been synthesized and the structures of newly synthesized compounds were characterized by IR, (1)H NMR and mass spectral analysis. All the synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity, and also for their antioxidant activity. Compounds 5b, 5c, 5d and 5n were found to be selective COX-2 inhibitors. Compound 5c was found to potent inhibitor of the carrageenin induced paw edema in rats. Most of the compounds exhibited good DPPH and superoxide radical scavenging activity, while compounds 5c, 5d, 5i and 5k exhibited good hydroxyl radical scavenging activity. Molecular docking result, along with the biological assay data, suggested that compound 5c was a potential anti-inflammatory agent.