Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New N-(4-Substituted phenyl)glycine Derivatives as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents

Title:Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New N-(4-Substituted phenyl)glycine Derivatives as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents

Volume: 15 Issue: 2

Author(s): Waleed A. Bayoumi, Mariam A. Ghaly and Mohamed E. Shaker

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Keywords: Anti-inflammatory activity, N-(4-substituted phenyl)glycine derivatives, synthesis.

Abstract: Background: Designing new anti-inflammatory agents possessing safe therapeutic profiles and devoid of potential undesirable side effects is an active field in medicinal chemistry. Thus, a series of N-(4-substituted phenyl)glycine derivatives was designed and synthesized. The idea behind the design is to utilize the bifunctionality of 4-aminoacetophenone via converting the amino group into glycine derivative as a side arm to mimic the glycine amino acid enhancing the overall physicochemical and biological characteristics. In addition, the opposite acetyl group was used as a center for modification and derivatization.

Methods: The starting N-(4-acetylphenyl)glycine was converted into two intermediates: the chalcone analog 2 and the thiosemicarbazone derivative 8. Both 2 and 8 were derivatized and/or cyclized into different heterocyclic target derivatives (3-7 and 9-12). The target compounds were screened for anti-inflammatory activity using carrageenan-induced rat paw edema assay.

Results: The results showed that compounds 6, 7, and 3, were the most active among the tested compounds at 50 mg/kg dose level with % inhibition of edema of 51.82, 43.80, and 40.39, respectively.

Conclusion: The authors succeeded to introduce a simple and versatile skeleton with a side arm resembling the glycine amino acid; imparting a potential improvement in physicochemical properties. We utilize the other side of the skeleton’s aromatic ring as a center for derivatization. The chalcone analog and its cyclized heterocyclic derivatives were of remarkably higher anti-inflammatory activity than the thiosemicarbazone and its derivatives.

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Bayoumi A. Waleed, Ghaly A. Mariam and Shaker E. Mohamed, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New N-(4-Substituted phenyl)glycine Derivatives as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents, Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 15 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871523015666160518120501

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871523015666160518120501	Print ISSN 1871-5230
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-614X