Objectives: Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds play an important role in medicinal chemistry. Among them, five-membered ring pyrazolines have found to possess many biological and pharmacological activities such as anticancer, antitubercular, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory. Objective is to determine the physicochemical and drug-like properties of the synthesized pyrazolines by in silico methods and to screen their antidiabetic and antioxidant activities.
Methods:Chalcones were synthesized from naphthaldehyde by condensing with various substituted acetophenones in ethanol and cyclized into pyrazolines using semicarbazides/thiosemicarbazides by conventional and microwave oven synthesis. The physicochemical and drug-like properties were determined using computational tools. Anti-diabetic activity was evaluated by alpha amylase inhibition assay method. Antioxidant activity studies were done by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and nitric oxide method.Results: Pyrazolines were synthesized from chalcones. Microwave irradiated synthesis of chalcone was carried out to get higher yield with less reaction period as compared to conventional method. The synthesized pyrazolines produce yield around 68% (conventional) and 85% (microwave). In silico studies showed considerable values satisfying all the parameters of physicochemical and Lipinski's Rule of Five properties. Among the compounds tested for antidiabetic and antioxidant studies, some showed promising activity.
Conclusion:Physiochemical and drug-like properties revealed that these compounds have good bioavailability and drug likeness properties. Hence, these compounds are found to be interesting lead molecules for further synthesis as antidiabetic and antioxidant agents.