Al-Shamary DS, Al-Alshaikh MA, Kheder NA, Mabkhot YN, Badshah SL. Molecular docking and biological evaluation of some
thioxoquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives as anticancer, antioxidant and anticonvulsant agents.
Chem Cent J 2017;
11:48. [PMID:
29086826 PMCID:
PMC5451370 DOI:
10.1186/s13065-017-0272-6]
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Abstract
Background
The quinazoline are an important class of medicinal compounds that possess a number of biological activities like anticancer, anticonvulsant and antioxidant etc.
Results
We evaluated the previously synthesized quinazoline derivatives 1–3 for their anticancer activities against three cancer cell lines (HepG2, MCF-7, and HCT-116). Among the tested compounds, quinazolines 1 and 3 were found to be more potent than the standard drug Vinblastine against HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines. All the tested compounds had less antioxidant activity and did not exhibit any anticonvulsant activity. Also, molecular docking studies were performed to get an insight
into the binding modes of the compounds with human cyclin-dependent kinase 2, butyrylcholinesterase enzyme, human gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor. These compounds showed better docking properties with the CDK2 as compared to the other two enzymes.
Conclusions
The overall study showed that thioxoquinazolines are suitable antitumor agents and they should be explored for other biological activities. Modification in the available lot of quinazoline and synthesis of its novel derivatives is essential to explore the potential of this class of compounds. The increase in the threat and with the emergence of drug resistance, it is important to explore and develop more efficacious drugs.
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