The present invention provides methods of treating obesity, eating disorders, and sexual dysfunction. The methods comprise administering to a mammalian host suffering from obesity, an eating disorder, or sexual dysfunction an effective dose of a compound of the invention. Also provided are methods of potentiating the effect of an MC4 receptor agonist in a mammalian host. In some cases the methods comprise administering to the host a compound that lowers the EC
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of the agonist. In other cases the methods comprise administering to the host a compound that increases the maximum effect of the agonist.
Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of indole-based 1,4-disubstituted piperazines as cytotoxic agents
作者:MERİÇ KÖKSAL AKKOÇ、MİNE YARIM YÜKSEL、İREM DURMAZ、RENGÜL ÇETİN ATALAY
DOI:10.3906/kim-1111-5
日期:——
A series of 3-[(4-substitutedpiperazin-1-yl)methyl]-1H-indole derivatives were synthesized, and their structures were confirmed by spectral analysis. All the compounds were tested for their cytotoxic activity in vitro against 3 human tumor cell lines: human liver (HUH7), breast (MCF7), and colon (HCT116). Among the designed derivatives, most of the compounds showed significant cytotoxicity against liver and colon cancer cell lines with lower IC_50} concentrations than the standard drug 5-fluorouracil. Compound 3s, with 3,4-dichlorophenyl substituent on the piperazine ring, was the most active in suppressing the growth of all screened cancer cells.