Abstract
In an attempt to develop effective and safer analgesic anti-inflammatory agents, nine
compounds belonging to 4-[1-oxo-3-(substituted aryl)-2-propenyl]-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)
sydnones, containing the structural features of mesoionic sydnone and styrylketone,
have been designed and synthesized by condensing 4-acetyl-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)sydnone
with various substituted aryl aldehydes and characterized by spectral studies. They
have been tested for analgesic activity by acetic acid induced writhing in mice and
for anti-inflammatory activity by carrageenan induced rat paw edema at 100 mg/kg body
weight p.o. The compounds containing furyl and chloro substituents showed highly significant
analgesic effect, while those with dimethylamino, chloro and nitro substituents exhibited
highly significant anti-inflammatory effect at the end of 3 h. The compounds that
showed good analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities were evaluated for ulcerogenicity
in rats to assess their gastric side effects at 100 mg/kg body weight p.o. They were
found to be less ulcerogenic than the standard drug.
Key words
Analgesic effect - Anti-inflammatory effect - Mesoionic compounds - 3-(4-Methoxyphenyl)sydnone
- Styrylketone - Ulcerogenicity