Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities

Natural products are unique source for drugs discovery. Several small molecules such as anthraquinones flavokawain B and curcumin related compounds exhibited tremendous biological activities. Curcumin and related compounds containing 1,3-diketone moiety, which is also essential biological activities...

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Main Authors: Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem, Swee, Keong Yeap, Seema, Zareen, Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus, Addila, Abu Bakar, Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin, Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen
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spelling ump-142692019-10-30T04:14:26Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14269/ Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem Swee, Keong Yeap Seema, Zareen Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus Addila, Abu Bakar Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen Q Science (General) Natural products are unique source for drugs discovery. Several small molecules such as anthraquinones flavokawain B and curcumin related compounds exhibited tremendous biological activities. Curcumin and related compounds containing 1,3-diketone moiety, which is also essential biological activities possessing various pharmacological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic properties. Various naturally occurring compounds have been synthesized and investigated for their cytotoxic properties against breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB231 cells. A series of mono-carbonyl curcuminoids analogs have been synthesized by Claisen Schmidt condensation reaction by using acid or base catalysed reaction. Various analogues especially 2,6-bis(4-bromobenzylidene)cyclohexanone, 1,5-bis(4-hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl) penta-1,4-dien-3-one and 1,5-bis(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)penta-1,4-diene-3- one showed the potential anticancer activity. Together, these results some natural compounds isolated from Knema laurina showed acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities. The compounds were purified by column chromatography and their structures were determined by 1H NMR, GC-MS, and single X-ray analysis techniques. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14269/1/Small%20Molecules%20with%20Potential%20Biological%20Activities.pdf Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem and Swee, Keong Yeap and Seema, Zareen and Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus and Addila, Abu Bakar and Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin and Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen (2016) Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities. In: International Conference in Organic Synthesis Malaysia, 21-24 August 2016 , Kuching, Sarawak. . (Unpublished)
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Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem
Swee, Keong Yeap
Seema, Zareen
Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus
Addila, Abu Bakar
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen
Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
description Natural products are unique source for drugs discovery. Several small molecules such as anthraquinones flavokawain B and curcumin related compounds exhibited tremendous biological activities. Curcumin and related compounds containing 1,3-diketone moiety, which is also essential biological activities possessing various pharmacological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-diabetic properties. Various naturally occurring compounds have been synthesized and investigated for their cytotoxic properties against breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB231 cells. A series of mono-carbonyl curcuminoids analogs have been synthesized by Claisen Schmidt condensation reaction by using acid or base catalysed reaction. Various analogues especially 2,6-bis(4-bromobenzylidene)cyclohexanone, 1,5-bis(4-hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl) penta-1,4-dien-3-one and 1,5-bis(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)penta-1,4-diene-3- one showed the potential anticancer activity. Together, these results some natural compounds isolated from Knema laurina showed acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activities. The compounds were purified by column chromatography and their structures were determined by 1H NMR, GC-MS, and single X-ray analysis techniques.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem
Swee, Keong Yeap
Seema, Zareen
Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus
Addila, Abu Bakar
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen
author_facet Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem
Swee, Keong Yeap
Seema, Zareen
Siti Noor Hajar, Zamrus
Addila, Abu Bakar
Saiful Nizam, Tajuddin
Noorjahan Banu, Alitheen
author_sort Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem
title Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
title_short Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
title_full Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
title_fullStr Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
title_full_unstemmed Small Molecules with Potential Biological Activities
title_sort small molecules with potential biological activities
publishDate 2016
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14269/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/14269/1/Small%20Molecules%20with%20Potential%20Biological%20Activities.pdf
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