Background & Introduction :
Antioxidants are known to prevent oxidative stress-induced
damage to the biomolecules and thus, delay the onset of cancers and many age-related diseases.
Therefore, the development of novel and potent antioxidants is justified.
Method:
During this study, we synthesized symmetrical bis-Schiff bases of carbohydrazide 1-27, and
evaluated their in vitro antioxidative activity and cytotoxic activity.
Results:
Among synthesized compounds, six compounds 20 (IC50 = 12.89 ± 0.02 µM), 16 (IC50 =
14.32 ± 0.43 µM), 17 (IC50 = 18.52 ± 0.83 µM), 19 (IC50 = 22.84 ± 0.62 µM), 24 (IC50 = 35.1 ± 0.82
µM) and 15 (IC50 = 40.03 ± 1.06 µM) showed an excellent 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)
radical scavenging activity, better than the standard butylatedhydroxyanisole (BHA) (IC50 = 44.6 ±
0.6 µM). Likewise, two compounds 16 (IC50 = 4.3 ± 1.3 µM) and 20 (IC50 = 6.6 ± 1.6 µM) showed
oxidative burst scavenging activity better than the standard drug ibuprofen (IC50 = 11.2 ± 1.9 µM).
Some synthesized compounds showed good to moderate toxicity against prostate cancer (PC-3) cell
lines.
Conclusion:
This study has identified potent antioxidants and good cytotoxic agents with the potential to further investigate.