Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1189: Synthesis and Antioxidant Activities of Novel Pyrimidine Acrylamides as Inhibitors of Lipoxygenase: Molecular Modeling and In Silico Physicochemical Studies
Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 1189: Synthesis and Antioxidant Activities of Novel Pyrimidine Acrylamides as Inhibitors of Lipoxygenase: Molecular Modeling and In Silico Physicochemical Studies
Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules29061189
Authors:
Michail Saragatsis
Eleni Pontiki
The pyrimidine ring is present in various biomolecules such as DNA and RNA bases, aminoacids, vitamins, etc. Additionally, many clinically used drugs including methotrexate and risperidone contain the pyrimidine heterocyclic scaffold as well. Pyrimidine derivatives present diverse biological activities including antioxidant and anticancer activities and can be considered as privileged scaffolds in drug discovery for the treatment of various diseases. Piperidine pyrimidine amides have gained significant attention due to their enzymatic inhibitory activity. Based on our experience and ongoing investigation on cinnamic acid derivatives, their hybrids and substituted pteridines acting as lipoxygenase inhibitors, antioxidants, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory agents a series of novel piperidine pyrimidine cinnamic acids amides have been designed and synthesized. The novel hybrids were studied for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential. They exhibit moderate antioxidant activity in the DPPH assay which may be related to their bulkiness. Moreover, moderate to good lipid peroxidation inhibition potential was measured. With regards to their lipoxygenase inhibitory activity, however, two highly p...
Source: Molecules - Category: Chemistry Authors: Michail Saragatsis Eleni Pontiki Tags: Article Source Type: research
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