Anticancer activity studies of some cyclic benzimidazole derivatives

Autor: Ali El-Shekeil, Abeer Obeid, Sama Al-Aghbari
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: European Journal of Chemistry. 3:356-358
ISSN: 2153-2257
2153-2249
DOI: 10.5155/eurjchem.3.3.356-358.621
Popis: New benzimidazole derivatives, namely, ( N -(4-methoxyphenyl)methylene]-1H-benzimidazol-2-amine (2a), ( N -(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)methylene]-1 H -benzimidazol-2-amine (2b), and ( N -(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)methylene]-1 H -benzimidazol-2-amine (2c) were synthesized by reaction of a Schiff base with malononitrile in absolute ethanol. Structures of compounds have been confirmed by IR, 1 H NMR and elemental analysis. Compounds 2a-c were screened for their in vitro anticancer potential using HeLa and PC3 cells. All compounds showed limited cytotoxicity except compound 2a that showed a moderate cytotoxic effect towards HeLa cells.
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