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The research explores the facile synthesis of some new phenylsulfamoyl carboxylic acids, their molecular docking, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activities. The procedure involved the mild reaction of amino acids with benzenesulfonyl chloride in a medium of aqueous base. The compounds were characterized using FTIR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and an elemental analysis. They were tested for their antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Candida albicans, and Aspergillus niger microorganisms. The antioxidant activity of the compounds were measured in vitro by the inhibition of generated stable 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical. The molecular docking was carried out properly and five different disease conditions were studied, namely: trypanosomiasis, malaria, bacterial, fungal infections, and oxidative stress. From the results, compounds 4c, 4d, 4e, and 4g possess more excellent in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activities than the standard drug Ofloxacin used. Compound 4e displayed the most excellent antioxidant activity. Compound 4g showed significant 2D interaction with amino acid residue of urate oxidase from Aspergillus flavus complexed with uracil. Interestingly, compounds 4a, 4c, 4d, 4e, and 4g exhibited excellent antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antitrypanosome, and antimalaria activities comparable to the corresponding standard drugs such as Penicillin, Ketoconazole; α-Tocopherol, Melarsoprol, and Chloroquine respectively. All the compounds were confirmed drug-like according to “Lipinski’s rule of five”. The compounds were found to be promising antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, and antitrypanosome agents.
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Egbujor, M.C., Okoro, U.C. & Okafor, S. Design, synthesis, molecular docking, antimicrobial, and antioxidant activities of new phenylsulfamoyl carboxylic acids of pharmacological interest. Med Chem Res 28, 2118–2127 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00044-019-02440-3
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