Anticonvulsant Effects of New 1, 4-Dihydropyridine Derivatives Containing Imidazolyl Moiety Against Seizures Induced by Pentylenetetrazole and Maximal Electroshock in Mice

Authors

  • Abbas Shafiee Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Armin Alaee Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Asghar Davood Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran (IAUPS).
  • Golnoush Dehqani Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Hamed Shafaroodi Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Mahboobeh Lotfinia Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Mohsen Amini Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • Yasaman Rasouli Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain affecting around 50 million people in the world.Up to 30% of epileptic patients do not respond to available drugs and medical therapies. In thispaper, anticonvulsant screening of 10 synthesized new derivatives of 1, 4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxamides was performed.Anticonvulsant activity was evaluated by intravenous and intraperitoneal pentylenetetrazoleand maximal electroshock induced seizures tests. Nifedipine was used as reference drug. Ourpharmacological results revealing the compounds 2, 4, 5, and 6 can be effective in both absenceand grandmal seizures in human.These pharmacological studies have displayed that these new dihydropyridine derivativesare capable to inhibiting seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole and maximal electroshock inmice efficiently.

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volume 16  issue 3

pages  893- 903

publication date 2017-07-01

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