Matheus de Freitas Silva, Letícia Ferreira Coelho, Isadora Mitestainer Guirelli, Rodrigo Machado Pereira, Guilherme Álvaro Ferreira da Silva, Graciana Y Graravelli, Renato de Oliveira Horvath, Ester Siqueira Caixeta Nogueira, Marisa Ionta, Claudio Viegas
Curcumin (1) and resveratrol (2) are bioactive natural compounds that display wide pharmacological properties, including antitumor activity. However, their clinical application has been limited due to their low solubility and bioavailability. Nevertheless, independent studies have considered these compounds as interesting prototypes for developing new chemical structures useful for anticancer therapy. Here in, we report the synthesis of novel curcumin-like hydrazide analogues (3a and 3b), and a series of curcumin-resveratrol hybrid compounds (4a-f), and the evaluation of their cytotoxic potential on three tumor cell lines MCF-7 (breast), A549 (lung), and HepG2 (liver)...
March 1, 2018: Toxicology in Vitro: An International Journal Published in Association with BIBRA