title: Hypolipidaemic and antiplatelet activity of phenoxyacetic acid derivatives related to alpha-asarone.
abstract: The phenoxyacetic acid derivatives 1-6 [2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetic acid (1); 2-methoxy-5-nitro-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetic acid (2); methyl 2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetate (3); ethyl 2-methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetate (4); methyl 2-methoxy-5-nitro-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetate (5); ethyl 2-methoxy-5-nitro-4-(2-propenyl)phenoxyacetate (6)] related to alpha-asarone have been reported previously as hypolipidaemic agents in diet-induced hyperlipidaemic mice. We have aimed to expand the pharmacological profile of these derivatives by investigating their hypolipidaemic activity in rats and mice under different experimental conditions. The antiplatelet activity was tested also in-vitro from blood derived from consenting healthy volunteers. In normolipidaemic rats, compounds 2, 3 and 5 at oral doses of 40 and 80 mg kg(-1) significantly decreased total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels. Moreover, analogues 3 and 5 administered to hypercholesterolaemic rats at the same doses for seven days also produced a reduction in the content of these same lipoproteins. In neither case were the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations affected. However, practically all tested compounds were found to be hypocholesterolaemic agents, and were shown to effectively lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels in Triton-induced hyperlipidaemic mice at oral doses of 50 and 100 mg kg(-1). In all tests, all animals appeared to be healthy throughout the experimental period in their therapeutic ranges. Triton-induced hypercholesterolaemic mice appeared to be a desirable model for this class of hypolipidaemic drugs. On the other hand, compounds 1, 2, 4 and 5 significantly inhibited ADP-induced aggregation in-vitro. These findings indicated that all of these compounds appeared to be promising for the treatment of human hyperlipidaemia and thrombotic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Area Académica de Farmacia, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, México.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Pastén
authors.forename: Rosa Virginia
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Garduño
authors.forename: Elba
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Labarrios
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamariz
authors.forename: Germán
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chamorro
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000818:Animals; D000840:Anisoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010642:Phenoxyacetates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D000081248:Allylbenzene Derivatives; D000840:Anisoles; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D010642:Phenoxyacetates; C012195:asarone; C415326:phenoxyacetic acid