Iqbal S, Khan A, Nazir R, Kiran S, Perveen S, Khan KM, Choudhary MI. Synthesis of
β-Ketosulfone Derivatives As New Non-Cytotoxic Urease Inhibitors
In Vitro.
Med Chem 2019;
16:244-255. [PMID:
30987574 DOI:
10.2174/1573406415666190415163309]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Peptic ulcer and urolithiasis are largely due to infection caused by ureaseproducing bacteria. Therefore, the discovery of urease inhibitors is an important area of medicinal chemistry research.
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of the work was to identify novel urease inhibitors with no cytotoxicity.
METHODS
During the current study, a series of β-ketosulfones 1-26 was synthesized in two steps and evaluated for their in vitro urease inhibition potential.
RESULTS
Out of twenty-six compounds, seventeen have shown good to significant urease inhibitory activity with IC50 values ranging between 49.93-351.46 µM, in comparison to standard thiourea (IC50 = 21 ± 0.11 µM). Moreover, all compounds found to be non-cytotoxic against normal 3T3 cell line.
CONCLUSION
This study has identified β-ketosulfones as novel and non-cytotoxic urease inhibitors.
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