“…These drugs may also be beneficial in multiple sclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's at least partially due to their anti-inflammatory activity (Heneka and Landreth, 2007). On the other hand, thiadiazole nucleus constitutes the active part of several biological active compounds, including antibacterial, antifungal (Modzelewska-Banachiewicz et al, 2004;Foroumadi et al, 2005a;Kadi et al, 2007), antitubercular (Solak and Rollas, 2006;Mamolo et al, 2003;Foroumadi et al, 2005c), analgesic (Schenone et al, 2006), anti-inflammatory (Farghaly et al, 2000;Kadi et al, 2007;Schenone et al, 2006), antidepressant (Varvaresou et al, 1998), leishmanicidal (Foroumadi et al, 2005b) agents. In view of these facts, we have designed and synthesised a number 2-(2,4-dioxo-1,3-thiazolidin-5-yl)-N-(5-substituted-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)acetamide derivatives.…”