Abstract
A novel series of 3-(4-fluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxy/4-nitro phenyl)- N -(substituted-phenyl)pyrazole-1-carboxamide analogues 4a - n was synthesized in two steps from 4-fluoroacetophenone. The pyrazoline analogues were evaluated for cytotoxicity against two breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MBA-MD-231) by the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay. N -(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(4-nitrophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1 H -pyrazole-1-carboxamide (4b) showed the most promising cytotoxicity among the series, with GI 50<0.1 and 45.8 μM against the cancer cell lines, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, respectively. The anticancer activity of 4b was found to be comparable to that of the standard drug adriamycin (GI 50<0.1) against the MCF-7 cancer cell line. Structure activity relationships (SAR) are also considered.
Original language | English |
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Article number | so-2018-d0007-op |
Pages (from-to) | 114-121 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | SynOpen |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- anticancer agents
- breast cancer cell lines
- MCF-7
- MDA-MB-231
- pyrazolines
- SRB assay