Some new 3
H
-quinazolin-4-one derivatives were synthesised and screened for anticancer, antiphospholipases, antiproteases, and antimetabolic syndrome activities. Compound
15d
was more potent in reducing the cell viabilities of HT-29 and SW620 cells lines to 38%, 36.7%, compared to 5-FU which demonstrated cell viabilities of 65.9 and 42.7% respectively. The IC
50
values of
15d
were ∼20 µg/ml. Assessment of apoptotic activity revealed that
15d
decreased the cell viability by down regulating Bcl2 and BclxL. Moreover, compounds,
8j
,
8d
/
15a
/
15e
,
5b,
and
8f
displayed lowered IC
50
values than oleanolic acid against proinflammatory isoforms of hGV, hG-X, NmPLA
2,
and AmPLA
2
. In addition,
8d
,
8h
,
8j
,
15a
,
15b
,
15e
, and
15f
showed better anti-α-amylase than quercetin, whereas
8g
,
8h
, and
8i
showed higher anti-α-glucosidase activity than allopurinol. Thus, these compounds can be considered as potential antidiabetic agents. Finally, none of the compounds showed higher antiproteases or xanthine oxidase activities than the used reference drugs.