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Revista Cubana de Farmacia

versão impressa ISSN 0034-7515

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FRANCO OSPINA, Luis Alberto; OCAMPO BUENDIA, Yanet Cecilia  e  GAITAN IBARRA, Ricardo. Nitric oxide inhibitory activity of hydrogenated synthetic analogues of furanonaphthoquinones isolated from Tabebuia spp.. Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2013, vol.47, n.4, pp. 502-516. ISSN 0034-7515.

Objective: to describe the synthesis of analogues of furanonaphthoquinones isolated from Tabebuia genus and their inhibitory effect on nitric oxide production. Methods: a series of six derivatives were prepared through cycloaddition reactions and the products characterized by spectroscopy methods. The biological activity was evaluated measuring their effect on the pro-inflammatory mediator production in macrophages RAW 264.7 induced with lipopolysaccharides. To prevent compounds from interfering with cellular viability, their cytotoxic effect was determined using methyl tetrazolium assay. Additionally, scavenging effect was in vitro measured. Results: FNQ1, FNQ2, and FNQ5 derivatives showed potent concentration-depending inhibitory effect on nitric oxide production, with an IC50 value lower than 2 µM concentration at which they did not have toxic or scavenging effects. FNQ5 was the most active and selective derivative. Conclusions: this is the first paper concerning the anti-inflammatory potential of tested synthetic compounds. Our results indicated that FNQ5 might be considered as useful potential anti-inflammatory molecule to treat inflammatory diseases related with nitric oxide overproduction.

Palavras-chave : furanonaphthoquinones; synthesis; Tabebuia; antiinflammatory agents; nitric oxide (NO•).

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