Novel pyridine-heterocycle hybrids: synthesis <i>via</i> Hantzsch and Biginelli reactions, docking simulations, and anticancer activity.

ABSTRACT: Cancer is a serious global health issue and remains one of the top causes of death worldwide. To overcome the problems of the existing anticancer drugs in terms of specificity and resistance, a new class of hybrid bis-heterocyclic compounds with a pyridine bridge has been designed and synthesized via the Hantzsch reaction. The results of elemental analysis and spectral data were used for the confirmation of the synthesized compounds. Among the tested analogs, the highest cytotoxic activity was shown by compound 7 against the HepG2, A549, and MCF7 cancer cell lines, with IC₅₀ values of 18.07, 14.45, and 30.89 µg mL^-1, respectively, while the cytotoxicity against normal fibroblasts was negligible with an IC₅₀ greater than 100 µg mL^-1. The st

SUBMITTER: Diab HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12869285 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature