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February 28, 2026Current Issues in Molecular BiologyOpen Access

Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Enzymatic Evaluation of Novel Flavone Derivatives as Dual COX-2/5-LOX Inhibitors Supported by Molecular Docking and ADMET Analysis

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EFElmehdi FrajAEAmine ElbouzidiHBHaytham Bouammali

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Overview

Experiments evaluate novel flavone derivatives for dual COX-2/5-LOX inhibition, suggesting new anti-inflammatory agents.

Key Points

  • This research aims to design and evaluate new flavone derivatives as potential dual inhibitors of COX-2 and 5-LOX.
  • Synthesis of new flavone derivatives
  • In vitro evaluation of enzyme inhibition
  • Molecular docking studies to assess binding affinities
  • ADME and toxicity predictions for selected compounds
  • Several flavone derivatives exhibit moderate to strong inhibition of COX-1, COX-2, and 5-LOX.
  • Compounds 5a and 5b show promising dual inhibition with selectivity indices of 2.09 and 5.21.
  • Molecular docking reveals favorable binding in COX-2 and 5-LOX active sites.
  • Selected derivatives demonstrate acceptable physiochemical properties and low predicted toxicity.

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Fraj et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a286600a974eb0d3c01488https://doi.org/10.3390/cimb48030243
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