Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking study on triazine based derivatives as anti-inflammatory agents

Abstract

In an attempt to develop new anti-inflammatory agents, design, synthesis, pharmacological activities, and docking study of two groups of triazine-based derivatives were reported. Nine compounds (5a-5d and 10a-10e) consisting of triazine, vanillin, and phenylpyrazole were synthesized through the pharmacophore hybridization method. After confirmation of the structure of the synthesized compounds using spectroscopic methods (FT-IR, and NMR spectral data), their anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated using carrageenan-induced paw edema model in male Wistar rats (200–220 g) administered intraperitoneally at doses of 100 and 200 mg/kg. A group of rats received indomethacin (10 mg/kg) as the standard drug. Among compounds 5a to 5d, only compounds 5c and 5d showed a significant anti-inflammatory effect (p < 0.01). Also compound 10a at a dose of (200 mg/kg) and compounds 10b, 10c, 10d and 10e at both doses showed significant anti-inflammatory activity and this effect for 10a (200 mg/kg) and both doses of 10b and 10e was comparable with indomethacin. While indomethacin reduced paw edema by 90, 10b as the most potent tested compound reduced edema by 93. The synthesized compounds were docked into the binding sites of both cyclooxygenase-1- and 2- isoenzymes (COX-1 and COX-2) to explore their binding mode and possible interactions of these ligands. © 2021