Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of theophylline containing variant acetylene derivatives as α-amylase inhibitors.

A novel pharmacophore with theophylline and acetylene moieties was constructed by using a fragment-based drug design and a series of twenty theophylline containing acetylene conjugates were designed and synthesized, and all the compounds were evaluated by enzyme-based in vitro α-amylase inhibition activity. The in vitro evaluation revealed that most of the compounds displayed good inhibitory activities, and among them nine analogs 13-15, 20, 21 and 24-27 were exhibited more or nearly as equipotent inhibitory activity with IC values 1.11 ± 0.

Synthesis of nanoporous poly-melamine-formaldehyde (PMF) based on Schiff base chemistry as a highly efficient adsorbent.

This study proposes the construction of nanoporous poly-melamine-formaldehyde (PMF) through the Schiff base condensation reaction of paraformaldehyde and melamine. The PMF nanoparticles showed a good adsorption capability to some benzene-ring-containing dyes including acid fuchsine, nigrosine, and methyl orange. Moreover, the as-prepared PMF nanoparticles were employed as the coating adsorbent for the solid-phase microextraction (SPME) of seven volatile fatty acids (VFAs) with high enrichment factors.

Design, synthesis, anticancer activity and docking studies of theophylline containing 1,2,3-triazoles with variant amide derivatives.

A new series of theophylline analogues containing 1,2,3-triazoles with different amide groups () has been designed and synthesized, and their biological activities have been evaluated as potential anticancer agents. The anticancer activities of the synthesized compounds were studied in four cancer cell lines lung (A549), colon (HT-29), breast (MCF-7) and melanoma (A375). Furthermore, these compounds were screened for computational ADME and Lipinski's analysis followed by molecular docking and binding energy calculations against the various therapeutic targets involved in cell proliferation.

Design, synthesis, anticancer, antimicrobial activities and molecular docking studies of theophylline containing acetylenes and theophylline containing 1,2,3-triazoles with variant nucleoside derivatives.

A new series of theophylline containing acetylene derivatives (6a-6b and 7-13) and theophylline containing 1,2,3-triazoles with variant nucleoside derivatives (20-32) have been designed and synthesized. These compounds were screened for anticancer and antimicrobial activity. Further the computational docking and 2D QSAR were performed using MOE software to identify novel scaffolds.