Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel lipoamino acid derivatives

Seven novel lipoamino acid conjugates were synthesized from methyl oleate and amino acids. Methyl oleate was grafted to different amino acids using thioglycolic acid as a spacer group. Seven derivatives (3a-g) were prepared and characterized by spectral data (NMR, IR and MS spectral studies). All the derivatives were studied for their antimicrobial, anti-biofilm and anticancer activities. Among all the derivatives, it was found that compound 3b was the most potent antibacterial compound which showed good activity against four Gram positive bacterial strains and also exhibited excellent antifungal activity against a fungal strain. In the anti-biofilm assay, compound 3b showed promising activity with IC50 value of 2.8μM against Bacillus subtilis MTCC 121. All the compounds showed anticancer activities with 3c showing promising anticancer activity (IC50=15.3-22.4μM) against the four cell lines tested.