Research Article

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Piperazine Containing Hydrazone Derivatives

Table 2

Cholinesterase inhibitory activity and IC50 values (µg/mL) of compounds (3a–k).

Compound AChE  BuChE
80 mg/mL (% inhibition)IC50 mg/mL80 mg/mL (% inhibition)IC50 mg/mL

3a42.30 ± 4.70>8040.11 ± 3.72>80
3b16.30 ± 2.43>8020.16 ± 2.86>80
3c57.30 ± 0.6629.5 ± 2.1246.56 ± 3.20>80
3d15.53 ± 3.84>80
3e33.37 ± 4.45>8033.07 ± 3.41>80
3f37.22 ± 3.46>8027.63 ± 0.86>80
3g24.74 ± 1.81>8031.60 ± 2.05>80
3h12.11 ± 2.80>80
3i35.14 ± 4.43>80
3j11.39 ± 0.16>80
3k23.85 ± 1.85>80
Galantaminent0.46 ± 0.08nt6.28 ± 0.32

—: not active.
nt: nontested.