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FUTURE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages 659-676Publisher
FUTURE SCI LTD
DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2018-0398
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benzofuran; COX-2 selective inhibitors; molecular docking; ulcerogenicity; visnagin
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A series of new visnagin and benzofuran scaffold-based molecules was designed and synthesized as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents. Biological screening of these compounds showed that they exhibit potent anti-inflammatory/analgesic activity with a safer side effect profile in in vivo mouse models. In vitro cyclooxygenase (COX)inhibition assay showed that the compounds elicit their function through selective COX-2 inhibition. Molecular docking study also revealed the ability of the compounds to correctly recognize the active site and achieve noncovalent binding interactions with key residues therein. The best combined profile of anti-inflammatory, analgesic and COX-2 selective inhibition properties in association with low gastrotoxicity was displayed by the analogs 8, 11b and 19d, which can be considered as promising leads for further future optimization. [GRAPHICS] .
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