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ArticleResearch in pharmaceutical sciences2021

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel racecadotril-tetrazole-amino acid derivatives as new potent analgesic agents.

Mehdi Asadi, Maryam Mohammadi-Khanaposhtani, Faezeh Sadat Hosseini, Mahdi Gholami, Ahmad Reza Dehpour, Massoud Amanlou

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Article in Research in pharmaceutical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mehdi AsadiDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Maryam Mohammadi-KhanaposhtaniCellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R. Iran.
Faezeh Sadat HosseiniDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Mahdi GholamiDepartment of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Toxicology and Poisoning Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Ahmad Reza DehpourDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Massoud AmanlouDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRBabol University of Medical Sciences · IRMedicina · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeAlthough pain is one of the most common symptoms of diseases, it is often mismanaged due to limited access to painkillers and ineffectiveness, unacceptable side effects, or the possibility of abuse. However, an alternative approach to existing analgesics is to indirectly increase endogenous pain relief pathways by neprilysin (an enkephalinase) inhibitors. This enzyme breaks down and inactivates enkephalin, dynorphin, endorphins, and their derivatives. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: In this project, a new series of racecadotril-tetrazole-amino acid derivatives FINDINGS/

resultsMost of the synthesized compounds showed moderate to good analgesic effects in hot plat and tail-flick test in comparison to morphine and racecadotril. Compounds CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Racecadotril-tetrazole-amino acid derivatives, as potential antinociceptive agents, demonstrated moderate to good antinociceptive activities comparable with morphine and higher than racecadotril.

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Antinociceptive activityEnkephalinaseMolecular docking simulationRacecadotrilTetrazoleThiorphan

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PMID34447443
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