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Al-Harthy T, Zoghaib WM, Pflüger M, Schöpel M, Önder K, Reitsammer M, Hundsberger H, Stoll R, Abdel-Jalil R. Design, Synthesis, and Cytotoxicity of 5-Fluoro-2-methyl-6-(4-aryl-piperazin-1-yl) Benzoxazoles. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21101290. [PMID: 27689973 PMCID: PMC6274350 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21101290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
To design new compounds suitable as starting points for anticancer drug development, we have synthesized a novel series of benzoxazoles with pharmaceutically advantageous piperazine and fluorine moieties attached to them. The newly synthesized benzoxazoles and their corresponding precursors were evaluated for cytotoxicity on human A-549 lung carcinoma cells and non-cancer HepaRG hepatocyes. Some of these new benzoxazoles show potential anticancer activity, while two of the intermediates show lung cancer selective properties at low concentrations where healthy cells are unaffected, indicating a selectivity window for anticancer compounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thuraya Al-Harthy
- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
| | - Maren Pflüger
- IMC Fachhochschule Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems, Piaristengasse 1, Krems A-3500, Austria.
| | - Miriam Schöpel
- Biomolecular NMR, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany.
| | - Kamil Önder
- Research Program for Rational Drug Design in Dermatology and Rheumatolog, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical, University of Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, Salzburg A-5020, Austria.
| | - Maria Reitsammer
- Research Program for Rational Drug Design in Dermatology and Rheumatolog, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital of Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical, University of Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, Salzburg A-5020, Austria.
| | - Harald Hundsberger
- IMC Fachhochschule Krems University of Applied Sciences Krems, Piaristengasse 1, Krems A-3500, Austria.
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- Biomolecular NMR, Ruhr University of Bochum, Bochum 44780, Germany.
| | - Raid Abdel-Jalil
- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman.
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