Synthesis and Evaluation of In Vitro Antibacterial and Antitumor Activities of Novel N,N-Disubstituted Schiff Bases

Schiff Bases: A Versatile Fluorescence Probe in Sensing Cations

Metal cations such as Zn²⁺, Al³⁺, Hg²⁺, Cd²⁺, Sn²⁺, Fe²⁺, Fe³⁺ and Cu²⁺ play important roles in biology, medicine, and the environment. However, when these are not maintained in proper concentration, they can be lethal to life. Therefore, selective sensing of metal cations is of great importance in understanding various metabolic processes, disease diagnosis, checking the purity of environmental samples, and detecting toxic analytes. Schiff base probes have been largely used in designing fluorescent sensors for sensing metal ions because of their easy processing, availability, fast response time, and low detection limit. Herein, an in-depth report on metal ions recognition by some Schiff base fluorescent sensors, their sensing mechanism, their practical applicability in cell imaging, building logic gates, and analysis of real-life samples has been presented. The metal ions having biological, industrial, and environmental significance are targeted. The compiled information is expected to prove beneficial in designing and synthesis of the related Schiff base fluorescent sensors.

Synthesis of new phenolic compounds and biological evaluation as antiproliferative agents

New series of phenolic azomethine compounds in addition to 5-arylidene thiazolidinones are synthesized and screened for their anticancer activity against the brain cancer cell line SNB-75 and non-small lung cancer cells HOP-92. The azomethine derivative 12b is the most active compound against SNB-75 displaying an IC50value of 0.14 μM. Compounds 7b, 16a and 27d display submicromolar activity against the HOP-92 cell line with IC50values of 0.73, 0.74 and 0.81 μM, respectively. Moreover, studying the cytotoxic effects of the most active compounds against normal lung cells WI-38 revealed that compounds 7b, 16a and 27d showed high safety profiles as anticancer agents.