A new series (except compound 3a) of d-ring modified acid hydrazides of podophyllotoxin were synthesized by cleaving of its d-ring with various hydrazines. Furthermore, the synthesized compounds were screened for their anticancer activity against human tumor cell lines i.e., MCF-7, HeLa and A-549 and among the synthesized compounds 3c and 3f have shown significant anticancer activity almost similar