Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, molecular docking, DFT calculations and in silico ADME analysis of (benz)imidazole-hydrazone derivatives as promising antioxidant, antifungal, and anti-acetylcholinesterase agents
nucleus were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their antioxidant, antifungal, and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities. All the synthesized compounds (1-10) showed good to excellent antioxidant activity. Among them, compound 10 was found to be the best acetylcholinesterase inhibitor with an IC50 value comparable to that of the galantamine. Compound 5 was found to be the best antifungalagent against