Abstract
Pyrazolone incorporating N-acetylcysteine (NAC) mixed-ligand complexes are described as promising anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, SODs mimetic and cytotoxic compounds possibly due to its antioxidant profile. In this study, we have evaluated the pharmacologic activity, antioxidant and toxicological profiles of compounds (1–6). Among them, compounds 1 and 4 were haemobiocompatible than the others. Both complexes 1 and 4 display efficient photo-nuclease activity upon irradiation with UV-A light of 365nm and red light of 647nm as compared with others. Mechanistic studies reveal that the DNA cleavage oxidative pathway involves H2O2 and singlet oxygen as the reactive oxygen species. Interestingly, both compounds 1 and 4, show non-toxic effects in vitro to human normal lymphocyte cells, revealing that they are selective in killing only the cancer cells as expected for a better drug. In addition, considering the safety profile, these compounds are promising as preventive and/or therapeutic agents against oxidative damage.
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