Design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of novel Artemisinin-Thymol

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Kavak E., Mutlu D., Ozok O., Arslan S., KIVRAK A.

Natural Product Research, cilt.36, sa.14, ss.3511-3519, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 14
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1865954
  • Dergi Adı: Natural Product Research
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, CINAHL, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3511-3519
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Artemisinin, Thymol, Natural products, cytotoxicity, anticancer agent, molecular docking
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.A molecular hybridization of natural products is a new concept in drug discovery and having critical roles to design new molecules with improved biological properties. Hybrid molecules display higher biological activities when compared to the parent drugs. In the present study, two natural products (thymol and artemisinin (ART)) are used for the synthesis of new hybrid thymol-artemisinin. After characterization, the cytotoxic activity of ART-thymol was tested against different cancer cell lines and non-cancerous human cell line. ART-Thymol show the cytotoxic effect with EC50 values 70,96μM for HepG2, 97,31μM for LnCap, 6,03μM for Caco-2, 77,98μM for HeLa and 62,28μM for HEK293 cells, respectively. Moreover, ART-Thymol was checked for drug-likeness, and the kinase inhibitory activity. ART-Thymol is investigated by using molecular docking. The results of qPCR was indicated CDK2 and P38 were inhibited by ART-Thymol. These results improved that thymol-artemisinin may be new candidates as an anticancer agents.