Quinoxaline-PABA bipartite hybrid derivatization approach: Design and search for antimicrobial agents

In an attempt to find a new class of antimicrobial agents, in the present study we report the synthesis of bipartite hybrid styryl derivatives of quinoxaline containing para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) and their biological evaluation as antimicrobial agents. The series of new substituted styryl based derivatives 5(a-k) were evaluated for antimicrobial potential against various bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium smegmatis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and fungi; C. albicans, with ampicillin and amphotericin B as standards. Similarly these compounds were also screened for anti-cancer activity using MCF-7 cell line. Among the synthesized compounds, 5(c) was observed to be the most active compound against various strains with MIC in a range of 7.9-31 mu M of the series and compound 5i came out with significant anti-cancer activity with IC50 value of 7 mu M. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.