title: Synthesis and biological evaluation of chalcones and their derived pyrazoles as potential cytotoxic agents.
abstract: A series of substituted chalcones and their corresponding pyrazoles were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against a panel of human cancer cell lines. Out of 93 compounds screened, 8 compounds, 1s, 3i,j,n, 4i,j,n and 4s, showed marked activity. Compounds 4j,n and 4s were found to be the most promising in this study. SAR is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Natural Product Chemistry, Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Jammu 180001, India.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shanmugavel
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Qazi
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002599:Chalcone / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011720:Pyrazoles; D002599:Chalcone