Synthesis, in silico pharmacokinetic analysis and anticancer activity evaluation of benzothiazole-triazole hybrids

409-417Over the past decade, a variety of benzothiazole derivatives have been reported with promising anticancer activity. Benzothiazole and its analogues are capable of acting on a number of molecular targets and thus exerting their anticancer activity. To further develop benzothiazole derivatives as anticancer agents, we attempted to design and synthesize a library of benzothiazole-triazole derivatives. The synthesized hybrid compounds have been selected by National Cancer Institute, USA for the in vitro activity evaluation against 60 human cancer cell lines in a one dose screening panel. Most of the synthesized compounds showed 60-80% growth rate against renal cancer cell line UO-31

Synthesis, in silico pharmacokinetic analysis and anticancer activity evaluation of benzothiazole-triazole hybrids

Over the past decade, a variety of benzothiazole derivatives have been reported with promising anticancer activity. Benzothiazole and its analogues are capable of acting on a number of molecular targets and thus exerting their anticancer activity. To further develop benzothiazole derivatives as anticancer agents, we attempted to design and synthesize a library of benzothiazole-triazole derivatives. The synthesized hybrid compounds have been selected by National Cancer Institute, USA for the in vitro activity evaluation against 60 human cancer cell lines in a one dose screening panel. Most of the synthesized compounds showed 60-80% growth rate against renal cancer cell line UO-31

In vitro propagation of bamboo species through axillary shoot proliferation: a review

Bamboos, very relevant plants in many countries around the world, are propagated at large scale with extreme difficulties. Use of seeds is challenging because of plant’s sporadic flowering and long flowering cycles, together with seed recalcitrance and consumption by wild animals. Vegetative propagation of bamboo is mainly conducted by cuttings and by air layering. However, these methods are only useful at small-scale because they damage the mother plants, propagation material is bulky and difficult to be transported and is only available during few months of the year. Therefore, in vitro propagation offers the opportunity to obtain large progenies from elite genotypes. In most cases, when developing protocols for in vitro propagation of plants, specific conditions for individual species, genotypes and even development stages of the donor plants must be identified by trial-and-error experiments. Because of the size of and the large diversity observed in this plant family, it usually takes several months to define most adequate culture medium, combination of plant growth regulators and of other compounds for fostering the desired development in the explants. Therefore, in this detailed review, that also puts together results from hard-to-find literature, we list all identified cases, in which development of axillary shoots was used to propagate bamboo plants, by presenting successful ways for disinfection, in vitro bud sprouting, multiplication, rooting and acclimatization.UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Agroalimentarias::Centro para Investigaciones en Granos y Semillas (CIGRAS)UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Agroalimentarias::Instituto de Investigaciones Agrícolas (IIA