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Acylhydrazones and Their Biological Activity: A Review

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MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 24, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27248719

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acylhydrazone; intermediates; synthesis; properties; cytotoxic; antimicrobial; antiviral; antioxidant; anti-inflammatory; antiparasitic

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Acylhydrazones exhibit various pharmacological activities and can be used for the treatment of multiple diseases. Due to their importance in several drugs, studying the structural and biological properties of these compounds is beneficial.
Due to the structure of acylhydrazones both by the pharmacophore -CO-NH-N= group and by the different substituents present in the molecules of compounds of this class, various pharmacological activities were reported, including antitumor, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antiedematous, antiglaucomatous, antidiabetic, antioxidant, and actions on the central nervous system and on the cardiovascular system. This fragment is found in the structure of several drugs used in the therapy of some diseases that are at the top of public health problems, like microbial infections and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, the acylhydrazone moiety is present in the structure of some compounds with possible applications in the treatment of other different pathologies, such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease. Considering these aspects, we consider that a study of the literature data regarding the structural and biological properties of these compounds is useful.

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