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1Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. ozlen_guzel@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A series of new 2-aryl-4-thiazolidinones (3 and 4) was synthesized from 2-hydroxy-2,2-diphenyl-N'-[(substituted phenyl)methylene]acetohydrazides (2) and mercaptoacetic acid or 2-mercaptopropionic acid. The antimycobacterial activity of these compounds was determined and several leads with 95-99% inhibition at 6.25 microg/mL test concentration were identified. In addition, antitumor activities were measured against several tumor cell lines, and significant growth inhibition was observed for compound 4p. Taken together, 2-aryl-4-thiazolidinones were shown to be promising scaffolds for both antimycobacterial and tumor-targeting compounds.
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