Biological Evaluation of 2-Aryl-2-fluoropropionic Acids as Possible Platforms for New Medicinal Agents

Yoshio Takeuchi, Hidehito Fujisawa, Tomoya Fujiwara, Mamoru Matsuura, Hirotsugu Komatsu, Satoshi Ueno, Takeshi Matsuzaki
2005 Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin  
We investigated the cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitory and anticancer activities of 2-aryl-2-fluoropropionic acids 1a-e. These fluorinated compounds showed lower inhibitory activity toward COX-1 than the corresponding non-fluorinated compounds 2a-e with retained inhibitory activity against COX-2 resulting in modification of the balance of COX-1/COX-2 inhibitions, and they showed little anticancer activity. Interesting differences of the activities between (S)-and (R)-enantiomers were observed in some cases.
doi:10.1248/cpb.53.1062 pmid:16079551 fatcat:ahe7nxuxurbkpgrwh64dkrqx5q