Délis Galvão Guimarães, Arlan de Assis Gonsalves, Larissa Araújo Rolim, Edigênia Cavalcante Araújo, Victória Laysna Dos Anjos Santos, Maria Francilene Souza Silva, Fátima de Cássia Evangelista de Oliveira, Marcília Pinheiro da Costa, Claudia Pessoa, Marília Oliveira Fonseca Goulart, Thaissa Lucio Silva, Danyelle Cândido Santos, Cleônia Roberta Melo Araújo
BACKGROUND: Natural naphthoquinones have shown diversified biological activities including antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, and cytotoxic activities. However, they are also compounds with acute cytotoxicity, immunotoxicity, carcinogenesis, and cardio- and hepatotoxicity, then the modification at their redox center is an interesting strategy to overcome such harmful activity. OBJECTIVE: In this study, four novel semisynthetic hydrazones, derived from the isomers α- and β-lapachones (α and β, respectively) and coupled with the drugs hydralazine (HDZ) and isoniazid (ACIL), were prepared, evaluated by electrochemical methods and assayed for anticancer activity...
August 17, 2020: Medicinal Chemistry