A new series of bis-triazole
19a-l
was synthesised for the purpose of being hybrid molecules with both anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities and assessed for cell cycle arrest, NO release. Compounds
19c
,
19f
,
19h
,
19 l
exhibited COX-2 selectivity indexes in the range of 18.48 to 49.38 compared to celecoxib S.I. = 21.10), inhibit MCF-7 with IC
50
= 9–16 μM compared to tamoxifen (IC
50
= 27.9 μM). and showed good inhibitory activity against HEP-3B with IC
50
= 4.5–14 μM compared to sorafenib (IC
50
= 3.5 μM) (HEP-3B). Moreover, derivatives
19e
,
19j
,
19k
,
19 l
inhibit HCT-116 with IC
50
= 5.3–13.7 μM compared to 5-FU with IC
50
= 4.8 μM (HCT-116). Compounds
19c
,
19f
,
19h
,
19 l
showed excellent inhibitory activity against A549 with IC
50
= 3–4.5 μM compared to 5-FU with IC
50
= 6 μM (A549). Compounds
19c, 19f, 19h, 19 l
inhibit aromatase (IC
50
of 22.40, 23.20, 22.70, 30.30 μM), EGFR (IC
50
of 0.112, 0.205, 0.169 and 0.066 μM) and B-RAF
V600E
(IC
50
of 0.09, 0.06, 0.07 and 0.05 μM).