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This study reported the discovery of novel compounds containing five-membered ring fused quinoline core structures as anticancer and antimalarial agents. Two libraries containing these core structures, neocryptolepines and carbocycle-fused quinolines, were prepared and evaluated. Compound 3h was found to be much more potent than other analogs against cancer cell lines with high selectivity. Meanwhile, carbocycle-fused quinolines 5h and 5s showed moderate anticancer properties but much less cytotoxicity to normal cell than doxorubicin. In addition, compound 3h also showed much lower cytotoxic against human normal kidney cell line compared to doxorubicin standard. However, only compounds 3s and 3p provided acceptable results for antimalarial activities. Stilbene-based compounds are largely described for their antioxidant activity. But their use as anticancer chemotherapeutics is hampered by poor pharmacokinetic properties and non-selectivity towards cancer and non-cancer potency. To overcome these drawbacks, twin chain cationic lipid conjugated, methoxy-enriched stilbene derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer potency. Our findings reveal that HMSC16, a molecule with the highest number of methoxy groups and with C16-twin chain lipid, is the most potent as well as the most selective anticancer agent when compared to the other synthesized derivatives and commercially available stilbene-based drug, tamoxifen, and resveratrol. To justify these results, we have conducted a series of mechanistic experiments where we found that HMSC16 induced ROS generation, apoptosis, and autophagy by affecting the mitochondrial, lysosomal and nuclear pathways. Further cell cycle analysis data reveals that HMSC16 not only induces cell death but is also involved in the arrest of the cell cycle at the sub-G1 phase. PYR-41 Moreover, HMSC16 showed self-aggregation property owing to a possibly favorable hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. The self-aggregation property of HMSC16 allowed it to entrap hydrophobic drugs, withaferin. With entrapped withaferin, HMSC16 showed additive if not synergistic cell killing effect in HeLa cells. From the above results, we concluded that HMSC16 can be used not just as a drug but also as a drug delivery agent. The present study describes the synthesis of 6-bromo-2-(pyridin-3-yl)-4-substituted quinazolines starting from 4-chloro derivative VI via the reaction with either phenolic compounds to obtain VIIa-f, IXa-d, 2-amino-6-(un)substituted benzothiazole to produce VIIIa-c or hydrazine hydrate to give X. Reaction of the hydrazino functionality of X with appropriate acid anhydride, acid chloride or aldehyde affords XIa-c, XIIa-c and XIVa-i, respectively. The target compounds were screened for their efficacy as EGFR inhibitors compared to gefitinib. Compounds eliciting superior EGFR inhibitory activity were further screened for their in vitro cytotoxicity against two human cancer cell lines namely MCF7 (breast) and A549 (lung), in addition to normal fibroblast cell WI38 relative to gefitinib as a reference. Furthermore, compounds that showed potent inhibitory activity on wild-type EGFR were screened against mutant EGFR and assayed for their cytotoxicity against mutant EGFR-expressing cell lines PC9 and HCC827. The unsubstituted benzothiazol-2-amine VIIa showing superior EGFR inhibition (IC50 = 0.096 µM) and anticancer activity against MCF-7 cell line (IC50 = 2.49 µM) was subjected to cell cycle analysis and apoptotic assay. Moreover, a molecular docking study was performed to investigate the interaction of some representive compounds with the active site of EGFR- TK. Paeonol has been proved to have potential anti-inflammatory activity, but its clinical application is not extensive due to the poor anti-inflammatory activity (14.74% inhibitory activity at 20 μM). In order to discover novel lead compound with high anti-inflammatory activity, series of paeonol derivatives were designed and synthesized, their anti-inflammatory activities were screened in vitro and in vivo. Structure-activity relationships (SARs) have been fully concluded, and finally (E)-N-(4-(2-acetyl-5-methoxyphenoxy)phenyl)-3-(3,4,5-trimet-hoxyphenyl)acrylamide (compound 11a) was found to be the best active compound with low toxicity, which showed 96.32% inhibitory activity at 20 μM and IC50 value of 6.96 μM against LPS-induced over expression of nitric oxide (NO) in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Preliminary mechanism studies indicated that it could inhibit the expression of TLR4, resulting in inhibiting of NF-κB and MAPK pathways. Further studies have shown that compound 11a has obvious therapeutic effect against the adjuvant-induced rat arthritis model. Seasonal or pandemic influenza virus infections are a worldwide health problem requiring antiviral therapy. Since virus resistance to the established neuraminidase inhibitors and novel polymerase inhibitors is growing, new drug targets are needed. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is associated with several aspects of the influenza virus life cycle, and is considered a relevant host cell target. We report here on a series of benzo[d]thiazole and 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazole derivatives with robust and selective activities against influenza A (H1N1, H3N2) and influenza B viruses. Two compounds, 1 and 4, have low micromolar EC50 values and show high binding affinities for Hsp90, which suggests that inhibition of Hsp90 is the mechanism underlying their antiviral effects. These compounds represent suitable scaffolds for designing novel Hsp90 inhibitors with favourable activities against influenza virus. Six previously undescribed benzolactone constituents, ganodumones A-F (1-6), a new type of Ganoderma meroterpenoids (GMs) fused with 1,2,3,4,5-pentasubstituted phenyl and 1',2'-dioxy-3'-methyl-pentyl chain were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic analysis, X-ray crystal diffraction, and ECD computational methods. Meanwhile, bioactive evaluation showed that compounds 3 and 5 have antibacterial activities against Microsporum gypseum with MIC90 56.86 ± 3.98 and 18.48 ± 0.47 μg/mL, respectively.
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