| Literature DB >> 24880489 |
Muhammad Yar1, Marek Bajda2, Lubna Shahzadi3, Sohail Anjum Shahzad4, Maqsood Ahmed5, Muhammad Ashraf6, Umber Alam6, Islam Ullah Khan7, Ather Farooq Khan3.
Abstract
A convenient and efficient new method has been established for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidines by inexpensive and non-toxic N-acetyl glycine (NAG) catalysed reaction of aromatic aldehydes with ethyl acetoacetate and urea/thiourea. This method is applicable for various substituted aldehydes as well as urea and thiourea. It has also been used to synthesize bicyclic oxygen-bridged pyrimidine derivatives (4d, 4j). The biological assay revealed that the majority of compounds synthesized displayed modest inhibitory activity against α-glucosidase at low micro-molar concentrations. Molecular docking studies were also performed on the most active compound, 4f (with IC50 value 112.21±0.97 μM), to show the enzyme - inhibitor interactions.Entities:
Keywords: Acarbose; Biginelli reaction; Dihydropyrimidine; N-acetyl glycine; α-Glucosidase inhibitors
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24880489 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2014.05.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Chem ISSN: 0045-2068 Impact factor: 5.275