Title:N-Acylhydrazone Pharmacophore's Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Profile:
Recent Advancements during the Past Ten Years
Volume: 30
Issue: 5
Author(s): Asmaa E. Kassab*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
Keywords:
N-Acylhydrazone, anti-inflammatory, COX-1, COX-2, LOX, analgesic, SARs.
Abstract: Due to its important biological and pharmacological properties, in the field of medicinal chemistry
and drug discovery, the N-acylhydrazone motif has shown to be extremely adaptable and promising. This scaffold
has become a crucial component in the synthesis of numerous bioactive agents. N-Acylhydrazones are also
interesting biological and synthetic tools due to their easy and straightforward synthesis. The current review
provides a summary of the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of N-acylhydrazone derivatives over the
past ten years. A brief discussion of structure-activity relationships is also provided which may guide researchers
in medicinal chemistry to develop derivatives based on N-acylhydrazone scaffold as potent anti-inflammatory
candidates.