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CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages 792-803Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700049
Keywords
cancer; gels; inflammation; structure-activity relationships; supramolecular chemistry
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi [BT/01/CEIB/11/V/13]
- CSIR, New Delhi [09/080(0876/2013-EMR-I)]
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A new series of primary ammonium monocarboxylate (PAM) salts of a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), namely, tolfenamic acid (TA), and its beta-alanine derivatives were generated. Nearly 67% of the salts in the series showed gelling abilities with various solvents, including water (biogenic solvent) and methyl salicylate (typically used for topical gel formulations). Gels were characterized by rheology, electron microscopy, and so forth. Structure-property correlations based on single-crystal and powder XRD data of several gelator and nongelator salts revealed intriguing insights. Studies (in vitro) on an aggressive human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MB-231) with the l-tyrosine methyl ester salt of TA (S7) revealed that the hydrogelator salt was more effective at killing cancer cells than the mother drug TA (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay); displayed better anti-inflammatory activity compared with that of TA (prostaglandin E2 assay); could be internalized within the cancer cells, as revealed by fluorescence microscopy; and inhibited effectively migration of the cancer cells. Thus, the easily accessible ambidextrous gelator salt S7 can be used for two purposes: as an anti-inflammatory topical gel and as an anticancer agent.
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