| abstract |
One embodiment of the invention relates to the treatment of diseases associated with increased butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) enzyme activity such Alzheimer's Disease (AD), involving administering an effective amount of a compound selected from a group of new N, N′-disubstituted benzylamine derivatives (1-8) of 4-aminoantipyrine (ampyrone). The kinetic studies of two potent compounds 4-(Bis(4-iodobenzyl) amino)-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one (5) (IC50=2.43±0.4 and Ki=5.67±0.5 μM) and 4-(Bis(2-bromobenzyl) amino)-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one (6) (IC50=0.7±0.2 and Ki=2.4±0.4 μM), revealed them as a competitive and a non-competitive inhibitor of BuChE, respectively. Galantamine Hydrobromide was used as standard inhibitor with IC50=40.83±0.4 and Ki=21.5±0.7 μM (Mixed type Inhibitor). The metabolite of aminophenazone, 4-aminoantipyrine (A) is also being reported here as an inhibitor of BuChE for the first time. |