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He-Min Li1, Shao-Peng Yu1, Tian-Yuan Fan1
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Abstract:
The proteolytic enzyme β-secretase (BACE1) plays a central role in the synthesis of the pathogenic β-amyloid peptides (Aβ) in Alzheimer's disease (AD), antioxidants could attenuate the AD syndrome and prevent the disease progression. In this study, BACE1 inhibitors (D1-D18) with free radical-scavenging activities were synthesized by molecular hybridization of 2-aminopyridine with natural antioxidants. The biological activity evaluation showed that D1 had obvious inhibitory activity against BACE1, and strong antioxidant activity in 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate) (ABTS+• ) assay, which could be used as a lead compound for further study.
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