In an effort to develop new molecules with improved antihyperlipidemic activity, eight new 2-azetidinone analogs (4a-4h) of ezetimibe were designed through in silico docking experiments with the crystal structure of the Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 protein (NPC1L1). Synthesis and further antihyperlipdemic evaluation of this series in the Triton WR 1339 induced hyperlipidemic rat model showed some of the molecules to exhibit significant lipid-lowering effects comparable to ezetimibe. Correlation between the observed biological activity and the in silico molecular docking scores of the compounds was observed.
Novel thienopyrimidine derivatives of azetidinone possessing the combined features of the cholesterol absorption inhibitor drug ezetimibe and potential antihyperlipidemic 2-substitutedthienopyrimidin-4-ones were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic data and elemental analysis. These compounds were evaluated for their lipid-lowering activity in Wistar albino rats. Some of them showed significant lipid-lowering effects comparable to those of the standard drug, gemfibrozil, at the same dose levels.
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