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Item Anti-diarrheal potential of Aegle Marmelos Corr. root bark extract in rats(2007) Vrushabendra Swamy, S.B.M.; Nataraj, K.S.; Jayaveera, K.N.; Gopkumar, P.; Nayak, S.; Kumar, G.S.; Umachigi, S.P.A study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of methanolic extract of the rootbark of Aegle marmelos Corr. (MAMC) against several experimental models of diarrhoea in rats. MAMC treated animal's showed significant inhibitory effect against castor-oil induced diarrhea and PGE2 induced enteropooling in rats. The extract also showed a significant reduction in gastrointestinal motility in the charcoal meal test in rats. The results obtained to establish the efficacy and substantiate the folkare claim as an anti-diarrhoeal agent.Item Radioprotection by copper and zinc complexes of 5-aminosalicylic acid: A preliminary study(Begell House Inc., 2008) Mantena, S.K.; Unnikrishnan, M.K.; Chandrasekharan, K.The effect of copper and zinc complexes of 5-aminosalicylic acid (hereafter referred to as Cu-5ASA and Zn-5ASA, respectively) against whole-body gamma radiation-induced cytotoxicity was studied in Swiss albino mice. Protection against lethal irradiation was evaluated from 30 day mouse survival (10 Gy) and endogenous spleen colony assay (11 Gy); and against sublethal dose (4 Gy) was assessed from gamma irradiation (RT)-induced formation of micronuclei in the mouse bone marrow 24 h postirradiation. Pretreatment with either Cu-5ASA (2.5-9 mg/kg) or Zn-5ASA (3.5-14 mg/kg) intraperitoneally (i.p.) delayed and reduced percentage mortality in mice exposed to 10 Gy RT. The doses 9 mg/kg for Cu-5ASA and 7 mg/kg for Zn-5ASA were found to be the most effective dose in preventing RT-induced weight loss and reducing percentage mortality. Both the drugs also caused an increase in the endogenous spleen colonies in mouse exposed to 11 Gy RT. At sublethal doses of RT, pretreatment with either Cu-5ASA or Zn-5ASA resulted in a significant decrease in the RT-induced micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes and normochromatic erythrocytes (MPCEs and MNCEs) and an increase in the ratio of PCE to NCE (P/N), at 24 h postirradiation. These results show that both Cu-5ASA and Zn-5ASA are effective in protecting normal tissues against lethal and sublethal doses of RT. Further pretreatment with either Cu-5ASA or Zn-5ASA enhanced the survival of tumor-bearing mice (Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma) exposed to 7.5 Gy RT. In fact, both the complexes caused an increase in the mean and average survival times (MST and AST) when compared to the irradiated control, suggesting a synergetic effect of these drugs with radiation in causing cytotoxicity to the tumor cells. The data clearly indicate that both Cu-5ASA and Zn-5ASA significantly reduced the deleterious effect of radiation and hence could be useful agents in reducing the side effects of therapeutic radiation. © 2008 by Begell House, Inc.Item Synthesis of some new 4-styryltetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxaline and 1-substituted-4-styryl[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxaline derivatives as potent anticonvulsants(2009) Wagle, S.; Vasudeva Adhikari, A.V.; Suchetha Kumari, N.S.4-Methyltetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxaline (3) was prepared by the azide cyclocondensation of 2-chloro-3-methylquinoxaline (2). The reaction of 3 with aromatic aldehydes furnished 4-styryltetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines (4a-f). Compound 2, on treatment with hydrazine hydrate gave 2-hydrazino-3-methylquinoxaline (5). The ring closure of 5 was achieved by the reaction of orthoesters and trifluoroacetic acid to yield 4-methyl-1-(substituted)[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalines (7a-c). Further, reaction of 7a-c with different aromatic aldehydes furnished the title compounds, 4-styryl-1-(substituted)[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalines (8a-i) in good yield. In another scheme, the hydrazino compound 5 was treated with different aromatic aldehydes to yield corresponding N-arylidenehydrazino quinoxalines (6a-d). Further, the oxidative cyclization of hydrazones by nitrobenzene yielded 1-aryl-4-methyl[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalines (7d-g), which on condensation with aromatic aldehydes gave the title compounds, 1-aryl-4-styryl[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalines (8j-u). The newly synthesized compounds have been characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and mass spectral data, followed by elemental analysis. Some of the compounds were screened for in vivo anticonvulsant activity. Few of them exhibited promising results. © 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.Item Synthesis and anticonvulsant activity of some new bishydrazones derived from 3,4-dipropyloxythiophene(2009) Kulandasamy, R.; Vasudeva Adhikari, A.V.; Stables, J.P.A series of new 3,4-dipropyloxy-N2,N5-bis(substituted)thiophene-2,5-dicarbohydrazides (4-30) were synthesized from ethyl thiodiglycolate and diethyloxalate through multistep reactions. Following Dieckmann-Komppa reaction, the required precursor 3,4-dihydroxythiophene-2,5-diester (1) was prepared. This was derivatized with propyl bromide and further converted to corresponding hydrazide (3), which was finally transformed to targeted hydrazones (4-30) by conventional methods. The newly synthesized compounds were characterized using FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, EI-MS and elemental analyses. The anticonvulsant activity of all the title compounds was investigated against maximal electroshock induced seizures (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (scMET) models and their neurotoxicity was also evaluated. Some of the selected compounds were subjected to 6 Hz test in order to evaluate their uncover activities. Compound 3,4-dipropyloxy-N2,N5-bis[1-(2-thienyl)ethylidene]thiophene-2,5-dicarbohydrazide (15) has emerged as a lead in this series with less neurotoxicity. © 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.Item Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some new pyrazole containing cyanopyridone derivatives(2012) Malladi, S.; Isloor, A.M.; Peethambar, S.K.; Ganesh, B.M.; Goud, P.S.K.A series of new 4,6-disubstituted-3-cyano-2-pyridone derivatives (4a-o) were synthesized. The structures of all target molecules (4a-o) have been confirmed by various spectral techniques and elemental analyses. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity and most of the compounds showed significant activity comparable with that of the standard drug. The results revealed that 4b, 4c, 4d, 4g, 4m, 4n and 4o showed good antibacterial activity towards all bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) when compared to standard drug streptomycin. Amongst all the compounds, 4c showed moderate antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus. The acute toxicity study has also been carried out for biologically active compounds and the experimental studies revealed that compounds were safe up to 2000 mg/kg and no deaths of animals were recorded.Item Synthesis and anti-inflammatory evaluation of some new 3,6-disubstituted-1, 2,4-triazolo-[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thiadiazoles bearing pyrazole moiety(2012) Malladi, S.; Isloor, A.M.; Shetty, P.; Fun, H.-K.; Telkar, S.; Mahmood, R.; Isloor, N.In the present study, a new series of 3,6-disubstituted- 1,2,4-triazolo-[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thiadiazoles (4aj) have been synthesized by condensing 3-substituted-4-amino-5- mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles (1a-b) with various 3-substitutedpyrazole- 4-carboxylic acids (3a-e) in the presence ofPOCl3. The structures of newly synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR, 13CNMR, and mass spectroscopic studies. Structure of the compound 4b was also confirmed by recording the single crystal X-ray structure. All the synthesized compounds were screened for their anti-inflammatory activities by carrageenan induced paw edema method. Anti-inflammatory screening indicated that, compounds 4d, 4e, and 4h were found to be biologically active whereas remaining compounds showed poor antiinflammatory activity. Also molecular docking studies were also performed for compounds which showed good antiinflammatory activity. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.Item Synthesis and evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial activities of new 2,4-disubstituted thiazoles(2012) Malladi, S.; Isloor, A.M.; Peethambar, S.K.; Shivananda, K.N.A new series of 2,4-disubstituted thiazole derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of various 3-aryl-1H-pyrazole-4- carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazones (2a-e) and phenacyl bromides. The compounds (3a-n) were characterized by IR, NMR, mass spectra and C, H, N analyses. All the synthesized compounds were screened for their antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Antioxidant studies revealed that, compounds 3b, 3j and 3n showed significant scavenging activity whereas compounds 3e and 3n exhibited significant antimicrobial activity. The acute oral toxicity study for the compound 3e and 3n have revealed good safety profile till the uppermost dose (2000 mg/kg).Item Synthesis, anticonvulsant and anti-inflammatory studies of new 1,4-dihydropyridin-4-yl-phenoxyacetohydrazones(Elsevier Masson SAS infos@masson.fr 62 rue Camille Desmoulins Issy les Moulineaux Cedex 92442, 2013) Ulloora, S.; Shabaraya, R.; Ranganathan, R.; Vasudeva Adhikari, A.V.The present work involves design and synthesis of new substituted 1,4-dihydropyridin-4-yl-phenoxyacetohydrazones (4a-s, 5a-h), starting from 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The final compounds were screened for their in vivo anticonvulsant activity by MES, scPTZ and 6 Hz methods, while their anti-inflammatory screening was performed by Carrageenan induced Paw Edema method. The results indicated that compounds carrying electron donating groups are anticonvulsant active, while most of the tested compounds exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activity. Compounds 4k, l, 4p-s, and 5c showed rapid anti-inflammatory activity within 30 min and appeared as lead compounds. Further, Neurotoxicity study revealed that all the tested compounds are non-toxic up to 300 mg/kg doses. Selected compounds were also subjected to analgesic screening following Tail immersion method and they exhibited good activity. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.Item Synthesis, characterization and their anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory studies of some novel chromeno oxadiazoles(2013) Ubaradka, S.R.; Isloor, A.M.; Shetty, P.; Shetty, P.; Isloor, N.A.In this study, a series of new 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives containing 3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-2-amine moiety were synthesized by efficient microwave reaction of 2-amino-N?-hydroxychroman-3-carboxamidine and suitable aldehyde. Structures of all the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral studies and C, H, N analyses. Newly synthesized compounds were screened for their anticonvulsant and anti-inflammatory properties. Few of the compounds exhibited excellent anticonvulsant activity as compared to the standard drug Diazepam. Also compounds have exhibited moderate anti-inflammatory activity as compared to the standard drug Diclofenac sodium. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.Item New dihydropyridine derivatives: Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and docking studies(2013) Ulloora, S.; Kumar, S.; Shabaraya, R.; Vasudeva Adhikari, A.V.The present article describes synthesis of new diethyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(4- (2-substituted amino-2-oxoethoxy) phenyl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylates (6a-10b) following multistep synthetic route. Structures of newly synthesized intermediates and title compounds were established by spectral and elemental analyses. The final compounds were screened for their in vivo anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities by carrageenan-induced paw oedema and tail immersion methods, respectively. Moreover, molecular docking studies were carried out for active compounds 6c, 6d, 7d, 8 and 10b to study their mode of action, meanwhile in vivo results indicated that these compounds displayed rapid onset of anti-inflammatory action and exhibited prominent activity when compared with the standard drug. Compounds 6d and 7d carrying amide functionality showed the highest anti-inflammatory as well as analgesic activities. The molecular docking results emphasised the in vivo data and all docked molecules were found to display very low binding constant values in nanomolar scale. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.