A series of novel 1,2,3-triazole-pyrimidine-urea hybrids were designed, synthesized and evaluated for anticancer activity against four selected cancer cell lines (MGC-803, EC-109, MCF-7 and B16-F10). Majority of the synthesized compounds exhibited moderate to potent activity against all the cancer cell lines assayed. Particularly, compounds 26, 30 and 38 exhibited excellent growth inhibition against B16-F10 with IC50 values of 32nM, 35nM and 42nM, respectively. Flow cytometry analysis demonstrated that compound 26 induced the cellular apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner.
Keywords: Anticancer; Apoptosis; Pyrimidine; Triazole; Urea.
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