Phthalazine, a structurally and pharmacologically versatile nitrogen-containing heterocycle, has gained more attention from medicinal chemists in the design and synthesis of novel drugs owing to its pharmacological potential. In particular, phthalazine scaffold appeared as a pharmacophoric feature numerous drugs exhibiting pharmacological activities, in particular, antidiabetic, anticancer, antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidepressant and antimicrobial activities. This review presents a summary of updated and detailed information on phthalazine as illustrated in both patented and non-patented literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe peroxisome proliferator activator receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) remained the most successful target for management of diabetes mellitus. The present work endeavors rational designing of some novel PPAR-γ agonists bearing benzylideneamino-benzylidene-thiazolidine-2,4-dione scaffold. The research involved virtual screening of 37 different molecules by molecular docking studies performed by Molecular Design Suite (MDS) into the ligand binding domain of PPAR-γ receptor to explore the binding affinity and conformations of the molecules.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChlorthalidone was subjected to various forced degradation conditions. Substantial degradation of chlorthalidone was obtained in acid, alkali, and oxidative conditions. Further full factorial experimental design was applied for acid and alkali forced degradation conditions, in which strength of acid/alkali, temperature, and time of heating were considered as independent variables (factors) and % degradation was considered as dependent variable (response).
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April 2016
In the present investigation, few 3-(substitutedphenyl)-1-[2-(1-hydroxy-ethyl)]-1H-benzimidazol-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-ones are EGFR antagonist are designed, by molecular docking analysis. The synthesized compounds were tested for their in vitro anticancer activity by propidium iodide fluorescent assay and Trypan blue viability assay against colorectal cancer cell lines (HCT116) and non-small cell lung cancer cell lines (H460). Human Epithelial Kidney cell lines (HEK) are used as normal cell lines for studying effect of drug on non-cancerous cells within human body.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA simple and robust analytical reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed and validated for simultaneous chromatographic elution of three cardiovascular drugs, namely clopidogrel, aspirin (ASP) and atorvastatin. The method was developed in rat plasma and dosage formulation with high-quality chromatographic separation between the drug peaks by using a stainless steel analytical column thermo beta-basic, C18 (25 × 0.46 cm, 5 µm).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present investigation synthesis of some novel 1-(2-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)phenyl)-3-chloro-4-(Un/substitutedphenyl)azetidin-2-one (3a-3h) antibacterial are reported. Structures of synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral techniques (IR, Mass, (1)H-NMR) All reactions were monitored with analytical thin layer chromatography. Synthesized compounds were docked in to the active site of enzyme transpeptidase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of 3-chloro-4-substituted-1-(8-hydroxy-quinolin-5-yl)-azetidin-2-ones were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro anti-filarial activity. To pre-assess the anti-filarial behavior of synthesized compounds (V(a-f)) on a structural basis, automated docking studies were carried out with Molecular Design Suite (MDS v 3.5) into the active site of glutathione-S-transferase (GST) enzyme; scoring functions of these compounds at the active site of the GST enzyme were used for correlation with observed activity.
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