The aim of this review is to provide the systematic information of synthetic scheme and biological activity of synthesized benzimidazole derivatives. Benzimidazole is widely used lead molecule for the synthesis of various types of pharmacologically active moiety. It is heterocyclic aromatic fused colorless solid having molecular mass of 118.053 g/mol. It is basic in nature and can be served as ligand in coordination chemistry. It is bioactive compound showed various pharmacological activity till now viz. anthelmintics (albendazole, mebendazole), proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole, pantoprazole), antibiotics, antiprotozoal, antifungal, anticancer, anti-viral, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory etc. Various synthetic route by various methods is also already reported. Some of them are traditional convenient method, microwave reactor method, solvent free synthesis method, green synthesis method. Due to its wide variety of biological action and the similarity with biomolecule, it is frequently taken as lead for new drug discovery
Tuberculosis (TB) is the fastest spreading infectious disease and one of the top ten diseases that kill millions of people annually. The rapid spread of a multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis leads to multidrug-resistance tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which is very difficult to treat. Filament temperature-sensitive protein ring-Z (Ftsz) protein could be the best target to inhibit bacterial cytokinesis. This research is conducted to predict the antitubercular activity of trisubstituted benzimidazole derivatives targeting FtsZ protein by an in-silico approach (molecular docking, pharmacokinetic parameter, drug likeliness, toxicity prediction, and biological activity prediction). Amine and aldehyde substitutions are used as primary scaffolds to design 20 trisubstituted benzimidazole derivatives for molecular docking. AutoDock vina v.1.2.0 software was used to predict the binding interaction between ligand and receptor (FtsZ, PDB ID : 1RQ7). The drug-likeliness properties and toxicity of ligands were predicted from SwissADMET and ToxiM web servers, respectively. Compound A15 (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-N1-{6-fluoro-5-[4-(1H-imidazole-1-yl) phenoxy]-1H-1,3-benzodiazol-2-yl} benzene-1,4-diamine) showed the best binding energy (ΔG = −10.2 kcal/mol/) along with four hydrogen bond interactions (GLY107, PHE180, ASP 184). Similarly, compounds A19 and A20 have the best binding score of −9.8 kcal/mol, with excellent pharmacokinetic parameters. It is found that the binding energy of all ligands (ΔG = −8.0 to −10.2 kcal/mol) is better than the reference compound Moxifloxacin (ΔG = −7.7 kcal/mol). None of the ligands violate Lipinski’s rule, but all ligands’ toxicity is slightly high (>0.8 score). It is reported that the amine-substituted benzimidazole derivatives have better binding energy than the aldehyde substitution. Therefore, it is concluded that compounds A19 and A20 can be the best candidate as Ftsz protein inhibitors but an in-vitro animal study and toxicity study are necessary to validate these data.
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Tuberculosis, colloquially referred to as TB, is a highly prevalent bacterial infection that persists as a substantial global health concern. The present article centers its attention on the comprehensive exploration of the synthesis, molecular docking, and molecular dynamic simulation investigations pertaining to substituted benzimidazole derivatives. Additionally, a meticulous assessment of their anti-TB activities is conducted. A series of twelve substituted benzimidazole derivatives (1–12) were successfully synthesized, employing a scaffold consisting of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups. The newly synthesized compounds were defined by their FT-IR, 1H-NMR, and Mass spectra. The Microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA) was used to evaluate the anti-mycobacterial activity of synthesized compound against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Compounds 7 (MIC = 0.8 g/ml) and 8 (MIC = 0.8 g/ml) demonstrated exceptional potential to inhibit M. tuberculosis compared to the standard (Isoniazid). In addition, the synthesized compounds were docked with the Mtb KasA protein (PDB ID: 6P9K), and the results of molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation confirmed the experimental results, as compounds 7 and 8 exhibited the highest binding energy of -7.36 and − 7.17 kcal/mol, respectively. Both substances were safe for acute inhalation and cutaneous sensitization. These two compounds have the potential to be potent M. tuberculosis inhibitors.
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