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activities by standard methods. Some of the compounds
found to exhibit good anti-inflammatory local anesthetic
OCH 3 and antihistaminic activities, in comparison with the stan-
dards employed.
III IV
1
These compounds were characterized by UV, IR,
H NMR spectral and elemental analysis. All the synthe-
B32 Synthesis and Characterization of a b-
sized compounds were screened for their anticonvulsant glucoside Conjugate of Doxorubicin
activity against maximal electroshock seizures test, strych- for Application in ADEPT and/or PMT
nine induced seizure method, and Metrazole induced D. H. Krishna*, D. R. Krishna, N.Raghavender,
seizure method in which all the compounds were found Y.Venkateshwarlu, C. E. Mueller, A.R.Rao.
to have anticonvulsant activity.
Anthracycline antibiotics, particularly doxorubicin
Further, the compounds were evaluated for their and daunorubicin, have been used extensively in the
effect on GABA levels in various regions of brain in rat by treatment of human malignancies. However cardiotoxicity
enzymatic UV and fluorimetric method, using clobazam and multidrug resistance are significant problems that
as a standard drug. It was found that overall these com- limit the clinical efficacy of such agents. Rational design
pounds increased the GABA levels in rat brain in the range to avoid these side effects includes strategies such as
of 10% to 50% with maximum rise in cerebellum, while drug targeting and prodrug synthesis. Ideally, the activation
the rise by clobazam was found to be 40%. The results of a prodrug should be restricted to the required site of
show that among all synthesized compounds; compound action, the tumor cell.
I,(4-(4’-chlorophenyl)-4-hydroxyacetophenone
semicarbazone) was found to be more active than Clobazam. Several cancerous tissues and tumors are rich in
certain lysosomal enzymes as compared to those found
Thus it can be predicted that the anticonvulsant prop- in the normal tissues. Thus, a prodrug can be designed
erty of the synthesized compounds might be due to their to selectively target such tumor cells where it can be
influence of GABA mediated inhibition and the chloro sub- activated to antineoplastic agent. This approach protects
stituent at position para to the semicarbazone along with the normal cells from the cytotoxic effects of the drug. In
NH-CO-NH-N= linkage is essential for their potential this context, a large number of prodrugs have recently
anticonvulsant activity. been developed that can be transformed into active
anticancer drugs by enzymes of both mammalian and
nonmammalian origin. However, further investigations
B31 Rapid one-Pot Microwave-assisted were not undertaken to introduce these prodrugs for
Double Mannich Condensation of clinical use.
Polysubstituted Cyclohexanones and In this regard, the combination of prodrugs with tu-
Pharmacological Activities of Their mor-specific enzymes for use as therapeutic agents was
Derivatives reported by Connors and re-emphasized in the case of an-
titumor drugs by Bagshawe and Senter, who termed the
Navanath Kalyane*, B. Shivakumar and V.M.Reddy**
approach “antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy
1 Karnataka College of Pharmacy PO Box 53, Bidar. (ADEPT)”. In this strategy, the antibody-enzyme conjugate is
2 Dr. Ch. Ravi Shankar Memorial Medicinal Chemistry first injected and localized at the tumor cell surface antigen.
Research Laboratory, University College of Pharma- Subsequently, the nontoxic prodrug is administered , and
ceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal. the cytotoxic species is released on the tumor cell surface.
In view of growing pharmacological importance of We present here a doxorubicin prodrug (1) that is
azabicyclononanes and their synthesis a more facile, rapid activated by b-glucosidase.The approach is based on
one-pot and microwave irradiation method has been stud- the use of certain para-substituted benzyloxycarbonyl
ied for their synthesis and compared with the conven- groups as bioreversible amine protecting agents. These
tional one, in the present investigation. As many as thirty agents function as a spacer between glucose and
new substituted 8-aryl-3-alkyl/aralkyl/aryl/-azabicyclo anthracycline moieties. Only after enzymatic cleavage did
[3.3.1] nonanes have been synthesized, purified and char- spontaneous self decomposition of this spacer occur to
acterized with the help of their analytical and spectral (IR, release the drug (3).