Synthesis, Preliminary Bioevaluation and Computational Analysis of Caffeic Acid Analogues

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Zhiqian Liu²  Jianjun Fu¹  Lei Shan²  Qingyan Sun² 

[1] Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Mei Long Road, Shanghai 200237, China; E-Mail:;Department of Phytochemistry, School of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guo He Road, Shanghai 200433, China; E-Mails:

关键词: anti-inflammatory;    caffeic acid amides;    synthesis;    pharmacophore;    target predication;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijms15058808

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

A series of caffeic acid amides were designed, synthesized and evaluated for anti-inflammatory activity. Most of them exhibited promising anti-inflammatory activity against nitric oxide (NO) generation in murine macrophage RAW264.7 cells. A 3D pharmacophore model was created based on the biological results for further structural optimization. Moreover, predication of the potential targets was also carried out by the PharmMapper server. These amide analogues represent a promising class of anti-inflammatory scaffold for further exploration and target identification.

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