Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of prenylated chalcones as vasorelaxant agents

Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 2009 Jul;342(7):428-32. doi: 10.1002/ardp.200800229.

Abstract

Five prenylated chalcones and one allylated chalcone were prepared according to the analysis based on support vector machine (SVM) classification model. Most of the synthesized chalcones showed potent vasorelaxant activities through evaluation in aortic rings with the endothelium pre-contracted by phenylephrine (PE), indicating that the experimental activities were in good agreement with the theoretical ones. Structure-activity relationship of these compounds showed that the substituent pattern and number of hydroxyl groups were crucial for their vasorelaxant activities and that the replacement of prenyl group with allyl group retained the potent activity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aorta / drug effects
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Chalcones / chemical synthesis*
  • Chalcones / chemistry
  • Chalcones / classification
  • Chalcones / pharmacology*
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Drug Design
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Male
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Vasodilation / drug effects*
  • Vasodilator Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Vasodilator Agents / chemistry
  • Vasodilator Agents / classification
  • Vasodilator Agents / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Chalcones
  • Vasodilator Agents