1. Antioxidant Activity of Diphenylpropionamide Derivatives: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Computational Analysis
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Ada Popolo, Rosanna Filosa, Rocco De Prisco, Carmela Saturnino, Giuseppina Tommonaro, Stefano Piotto, Erminia Bianchino, Anna Ramunno, Paolo Urbani, Aldo Pinto, Barbara Nicolaus, Urbani, P, Ramunno, A, Filosa, Rosanna, Pinto, A, Popolo, A, Bianchino, E, Piotto, S, Saturnino, C, De Prisco, R, Nicolaus, B, and Tommonaro, G.
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Lipopolysaccharides ,Diphenylpropionamide derivatives ,Antioxidant ,medicine.medical_treatment ,antioxidant activity ,brine shrimp test ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Antioxidants ,Analytical Chemistry ,Mice ,diphenylpropionamide derivative ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Drug Discovery ,Organic chemistry ,Cytotoxic T cell ,ABTS ,Full Paper ,biology ,ROS ,J774.A1 macrophages ,antiproliferative activity ,QSAR analysis ,Chemistry (miscellaneous) ,Molecular Medicine ,Quantitative structure–activity relationship ,LPS ,Brine shrimp ,Nitric Oxide ,NO ,Catalysis ,lcsh:QD241-441 ,lcsh:Organic chemistry ,medicine ,Animals ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,cytotoxic activity ,Cell Proliferation ,Macrophages ,Organic Chemistry ,synthetic diphenylpropionamide derivatives, ROS, NO, LPS, J774.A1 macrophages, cytotoxic activity, Brine Shrimp Test ,Computational Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Amides ,In vitro ,synthetic diphenylpropionamide derivatives ,chemistry ,Cell culture ,Propionates ,Reactive Oxygen Species - Abstract
We report the synthesis, antioxidant and antiproliferative activity and a QSAR analysis of synthetic diphenylpropionamide derivatives. Synthesis of these compounds was achieved by direct condensation of 2,2- and 3,3-diphenylpropionic acid and appropriate amines using 1-propylphoshonic acid cyclic anhydride (PPAA) as catalyst. Compound structures were elucidated by NMR analysis and their melting points were measured. The in vitro antioxidant activity of these compounds was tested by evaluating the amount of scavenged ABTS radical and estimating ROS and NO production in LPS stimulated J774.A1 macrophages. All compounds were tested for their effect on viability of cells and results demonstrated that they are not toxic towards the cell lines used. The cytotoxic activity of all compounds was evaluated by a Brine Shrimp Test.
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- 2008