Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy
2024 , Vol 28 , Issue 5
Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel N’-(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl) methylene propanehydrazides for Alzheimer’s disease
1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkiye
DOI :
10.29228/jrp.813
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the most devastating chronic health problems of the last few decades.
Unfortunately, current treatment and care options for AD are insufficient, making it a prominent topic for drug
discovery studies. Currently, AD drug development studies have focused on the strategy of multitarget directed ligands
(MTDLs). Following this strategy, we designed new ChE inhibitors with additional antioxidant and metal chelator
effects. In this research, we designed and synthesized novel eight N’-(4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylene
propanehydrazide derivatives. We then evaluated the inhibition potency of all final compounds for cholinesterase
enzymes. Among them, (6f) (IC50 AChE=16.91 μM) was found to be the most potent acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
Additionally, (6d) (IC50’s AChE=26.91 μM and BChE=47.94 μM) exhibited dual cholinesterase inhibitor activity.
Moreover, we investigated all title compounds for their antioxidant (DPPH, ORAC) and metal chelator activities.
According to the ORAC-FL results, all the compounds exhibited good antioxidant activity ranging from 4.082 to 16.715
Trolox equivalents. We also observed chelator effects of all compounds for Cu(II), Fe(II), and Zn(II) ions at varying rates.
Furthermore, we assessed the in-silico physicochemical parameters of the compounds to evaluate their drug-likeness or
druggability.
Keywords :
Chromene; cholinesterase inhibition; antioxidant; metal-chelator; alzheimer’s disease