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A series of pyridazinone-containing compounds were designed and synthesized as congeners for diclofenac, the most potent and widely used NSAID. The target compounds were evaluated for their anti-inflammatory activity on rat paw edema inflammation model against diclofenac as a reference compound. Seven of the tested compounds demonstrated more than 50% inhibition of carrageenan-induced rat paw edema at a dose 10 mg/kg. The compounds, 6-(2-bromophenylamino)pyridazin-3(2H)-one 2a and 6-(2,6-dimethylphenylamino)pyridazin-3(2H)-one 2e, displayed 74 and 73.5% inflammation-inhibitory activity, respectively, which is comparable to diclofenac (78.3%) at the same dose level after 4 h. The most active compounds as anti-inflammatory agents, 2a, 2e, and 6a, displayed fewer number of ulcers and milder ulcer score than indomethacin in ulcerogenicity screening.
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Abouzid, K.A.M., Khalil, N.A., Ahmed, E.M. et al. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of anti-inflammatory and ulcerogenicity of novel pyridazinone derivatives. Med Chem Res 21, 3581–3590 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00044-011-9895-7
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