Relaxant activity of 2-(substituted phenyl)-1H-benzimidazoles on isolated rat aortic rings: design and synthesis of 5-nitro derivatives.
The relaxant activity of 2-(o, p-substituted phenyl)-1H-benzimidazole derivatives with various 5- and 6-position substituents (-H, -CH3, -NO2, -CF3), namely 1-7, was recorded using the in vitro rat aorta ring test. Compounds 3 and 6 [2-(5-nitro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)phenol and 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-nitro-1H-benzimidazole] were prepared using a short route, and were the most potent compounds of the series, showing IC50 value of 0.95 and 1.41 (with endothelium) and 2.01 and 3.61 microM (without endothelium), respectively. Studying further structure-activity relationships through the use of bioisosteric substitution in these benzimidazole derivatives should provide novel vasorelaxant leads and possibly against hypertensive diseases.
Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mor. 62210, México.
Samuel
S
Estrada-Soto
Rafael
R
Villalobos-Molina
Francisco
F
Aguirre-Crespo
Jorge
J
Vergara-Galicia
Hermenegilda
H
Moreno-Díaz
Mariana
M
Torres-Piedra
Gabriel
G
Navarrete-Vázquez
D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D045462:Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D045462:Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors; C031000:benzimidazole