Biological contour,molecular docking and antiproliferative studies of DNA targeted histidine based transition metal(II) complexes: Invention and its depiction

A novel series of histidine derived transition metal complexes were synthesized and characterized by multispectral techniques such as UV‐Vis., FT IR, EPR, NMR, ESI‐mass analysis and other physico‐chemical methods like elemental analysis, molar conductivity, magnetic susceptibility. The synthesized compounds were attempted for their biological prospective. The biological studies involved are DNA interaction (binding and damage), antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiproliferative and molecular docking. DNA interaction studies were carried out with the help of UV‐Vis absorption titration, viscosity measurement and cyclic voltammetric techniques which revealed that the synthesized compounds could interact with CT‐DNA through intercalative binding mode. A gel electrophoresis assay demonstrated the ability of complexes to cleave the supercoiled pUC18 DNA. The antioxidant property shows that the metal complexes have preferable ability to scavenge hydroxyl radical than the ligand. Moreover, the antimicrobial assay indicates that these complexes are good antimicrobial agents against various pathogens. Furthermore, the in vitro antiproliferative activities of the complexes were examined on HeLa, Hep G2 and NIH 3 T3 cell lines using an MTT assay. The morphological changes were investigated using Hoechst 33258 staining apoptosis assay. In addition, molecular docking studies were executed to considerate the nature of binding of the synthesized complexes with protein and DNA.     

Phytofabrication of silver nanoparticles from Limonia acidissima leaf extract and their antimicrobial,antioxidant and its anticancer prophecy

Green synthesis of nanoparticles by eco-friendly methods is a recent technique which draws the attention of researchers because of the reward over many conventional chemical methods. The present work focuses on aqueous Limonia acidissima leaf extract in synthesizing silver nanoparticles and its applications in a simple way. The silver nanoparticles formed were characterized by Infrared, Ultra violet-visible, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopic, and atomic force microscopic techniques. The powder X-ray diffraction studies and transmission electron microscopic images reveal that the silver nanoparticles synthesized were approximately 10–40 nm and have a spherical structure. The nanoparticles were assayed for their antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activity. The antimicrobial studies for the silver nanoparticles show a maximum zone of inhibition of 8.8 mm for Bacillus subtilis bacteria and 8.5 mm for Candida albicans fungi at 3 and 1 μg/mL respectively. In-silico ADMET studies reveal that the toxicity, bioactivity, pharmacokinetics and drug-likeness properties of Limonia acidissima leaf extract is good. The molecular docking studies show that the microbial activity is high for Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans showing the coincidence of the in silico and in vitro studies as expected. The free radical scavenging activity of nanoparticles is 80 for 100 μg/mL. The 50% of inhibition of silver nanoparticles against human breast cancer cell lines is 18 μg/mL. It is evident that silver nanoparticles would be helpful in treating cancer cell lines and have great perspectives in the biomedical sector.     

Probing of effective pyrazolone based metallonucleases: Molecular docking and in vitro biological critiques

Four novel tryptophan based metal (II) complexes of the type [ML (Try)₂] were prepared by using pyrazolone derived Schiff base ligand. The proposed structure was confirmed by physicochemical methods which reveal octahedral coordination environment around the metal center. Intercalative binding mode of the complexes with CT DNA was confirmed by electronic absorption titration, viscosity measurements and fluorescence spectroscopy. Efficiency of DNA cleavage ability of the metal complexes was explored by the gel electrophoresis technique. The antimicrobial activities of the metal complexes showed potent biocidal activity. The percentage of free radical scavenging activity shows that the complexes are very reactive towards DPPH. Moreover, their cytotoxicity was tested against the two cancer cell lines (MCF‐7 and HepG2) and one normal cell line (NHDF) respectively. The MTT assay shows that the complexes have the anticancer efficacy. Moreover, the complexes exhibit a limited cytotoxicity effect on normal cell line NHDF. The morphological changes of apoptosis cell death were investigated by using Hoechst 33258 staining method. In addition, the Molecular docking studies was executed to consider the nature of binding and binding affinity of the synthesized compounds with DNA (PDB: 1BNA) and protein (PDB: 3hb5).     

Solvent-free one-pot synthesis of polysubstituted tetrahydropyrimidines and their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties

Research on Chemical Intermediates - A versatile and highly efficient one-pot multicomponent approach for the synthesis of novel multisubstituted tetrahydropyrimidine...     

The acid adducts hydrazinium 2‐hydroxybenzoate–2‐hydroxybenzoic acid (1/1) and hydrazinium 3‐hydroxy‐2‐naphthoate–3‐hydroxy‐2‐naphthoic acid (1/1)

The title molecular salts, N₂H₅⁺·C₇H₅O₃⁻·C₇H₆O₃ and N₂H₅⁺·C₁₁H₇O₃⁻·C₁₁H₈O₃, are acid adducts containing a hydrazinium cation, one molecule of a deprotonated acid and one molecule of a neutral acid. The two compounds contain essentially identical hydrogen‐bond networks between the hydrazinium cation and the acid molecules, which define closely comparable two‐dimensional layers in the structures. The planes of the aromatic rings within both structures are approximately parallel and the layers are stacked with comparable intermolecular interactions.