Publications by authors named "M Szczesio"

Three new thiosemicarbazide derivatives are described in terms of synthesis, structure and biological activity. N'-(Morpholine-4-carbonothioyl)-4-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)picolinohydrazonamide 2-methyltetrahydrofuran hemisolvate, 2CHNOS·CHO, 1, determined at 100 K, has orthorhombic (Pca2) symmetry and exhibits disorder. 4-(4-Phenylpiperazin-1-yl)-N'-(piperidine-1-carbonothioyl)picolinohydrazonamide-dimethylformamide-water (1/1/0.

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Two compounds, benzyl-2-(amino(pyrazin-2-yl)methylene)-1-methylhydrazine-1-carbodithioate (L) and its copper(ii) complex Cu(L) were synthesized and studied in terms of their physicochemical properties, including single crystal, spectroscopic and magnetic properties; simulations, including DFT calculations and pharmacokinetic profile analysis; and biological activity. The Cu(L) compound was found to exhibit good anticancer activity against A375, PANC-1, MKN-74, T-47D, HeLa, and NCI-H1563 cells, with the IC value against the HeLa cell line reaching 17.50 μM, significantly surpassing the activity of the organic ligand.

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Cyclic tetrapeptides c(Pro-Phe-Pro-Phe) obtained by the mechanosynthetic method using a ball mill were isolated in a pure stereochemical form as a homochiral system (all L-amino acids, sample A) and as a heterochiral system with D configuration at one of the stereogenic centers of Phe (sample B). The structure and stereochemistry of both samples were determined by X-ray diffraction studies of single crystals. In DMSO and acetonitrile, sample A exists as an equimolar mixture of two conformers, while only one is monitored for sample B.

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Four copper(II) complexes, -, derived from 1-(isoquinolin-3-yl)heteroalkyl-2-one ligands - were synthesized and characterized using an elemental analysis, IR spectroscopic data as well as single crystal X-ray diffraction data for complex . The stability of complexes - under conditions mimicking the physiological environment was estimated using UV-Vis spectrophotometry. The antiproliferative activity of both ligands - and copper(II) compounds - were evaluated using an MTT assay on four human cancer cell lines, A375 (melanoma), HepG2 (hepatoma), LS-180 (colon cancer) and T98G (glioblastoma), and a non-cancerous cell line, CCD-1059Sk (human normal skin fibroblasts).

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Two new 2-(pyridin-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole derivatives, namely, 2-(4-phenoxypyridin-2-yl)-1H-benzimidazole, CHNO, and 2-[4-(4-fluorophenoxy)pyridin-2-yl]-1H-benzimidazole, CHFNO, were synthesized and characterized by NMR spectroscopy. Crystal structure, biological activity and ADME analyses were performed for these two new compounds and a third compound, namely, 5,6-dimethyl-2-[4-(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl]-1H-benzimidazole methanol monosolvate, CHN·CHOH, the synthesis of which had been described previously. All three compounds have a similar chain hydrogen-bonding pattern.

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