Abstract
This work deals with a series of biologically important novel transition metal(II) Schiff base chelates containing terpyridine. Benzimidazole, a moiety found in broad spectrum of drugs is espoused in a Schiff base ligand system. Eight such metal(II) complexes are designed, synthesized and characterized. An octahedral geometry has been envisaged for all the complexes. DNA-binding behaviours are studied by absorption titration, electrochemical, viscosity, fluorescence and circular dichroism methods. The DNA cleavage ability is also evaluated by agarose gel electrophoresis method. These studies reveal that the complexes show an intercalative mode of binding to CT-DNA and also effectively cleave the supercoiled pBR322 DNA. The molecular docking studies of the complexes against FGF growth receptors indicate that they bind through electrostatic, van der Waals, hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions. The ligand and its complexes are screened for in vitro antimicrobial activities against a few microorganisms. The data exhibit that they are better antimicrobial agents than the ligand. The cytotoxic activity of the complexes is probed in four cell lines wherein the complex 5 has good cytotoxic activity and is partial to MCF-7 cell line which is comparable with the cisplatin drug which can be attributed to the presence of planar terpyridine co-ligand.
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