Table 1 Anti-dengue activity and cytotoxicity of flavone analogs. Errors were calculated from three independent experiments.

From: Design, synthesis, in vitro, in silico, and SAR studies of flavone analogs towards anti-dengue activity

Comp

%Inhibitiona

EC50b (µM)

%Viabilityc

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

1a

H

H

OH

H

H

90.0

e

69.50 ± 14.33

1b

H

H

OMe

H

H

77.0

e

95.16 ± 8.12

1c

H

H

OPp

H

H

73.0

e

89.18 ± 0.78

2a

H

OH

H

H

H

37.5

e

121.78 ± 7.21

2b

H

OMe

H

H

H

37.5

e

84.55 ± 3.34

2c

H

OPp

H

H

H

37.5

e

115.24 ± 1.55

3a

OH

OH

H

H

H

58.3

e

79.36 ± 3.20

3b

OCH2O

H

H

H

NAd

e

96.64 ± 1.01

4a

H

OH

H

OH

H

16.7

e

84.85 ± 2.03

4b

H

OMe

H

OH

H

16.7

e

97.47 ± 1.00

4c

H

OBn

H

OH

H

NAd

e

86.14 ± 3.05

4d

Br

OH

Br

OH

H

83.0

1.47 ± 0.86f

101.08 ± 0.44

4e

NO2

OH

H

OH

H

33.3

e

52.54 ± 2.59

4f

NH2

OH

H

OH

H

NAd

e

93.38 ± 3.29

5a

H

OH

OH

OH

H

75.0

23.9f

92.89 ± 1.44

5b

H

OMe

OMe

OH

H

80.0

e

97.47 ± 2.47

5c

H

OAc

OAc

OAc

H

100

0.41 ± 0.56

107 ± 7.34

5d

H

OPp

OPp

OPp

H

90.0

0.070 ± 0.015

83.79 ± 2.61

5e

H

OPp

OPp

OH

H

91.7

0.068 ± 0.040

89.62 ± 5.95

5f

Br

OH

OH

OH

H

100

0.88 ± 0.14f

73.36 ± 14.80

5g

Br

OAc

OAc

OAc

H

100

0.26 ± 0.14

50.89 ± 3.22

5h

Br

OPp

OPp

OPp

H

NAd

e

84.52 ± 6.56

5i

H

OMe

OMe

OMe

H

44.4

e

96.84 ± 11.95

5j

H

OMe

OMe

OMe

Br

70.4

e

101.13 ± 11.06

5k

H

OMe

OMe

OMe

NO2

70.0

e

100.95 ± 1.97

5l

H

OMe

OMe

OMe

NH2

62.0

e

93.00 ± 2.36

5m

H

OH

OH

OH

Br

100

0.52 ± 0.12

89.99 ± 6.61

5n

H

OH

OH

OH

NO2

100

4.30 ± 0.56

78.55 ± 9.87

5o

H

OH

OH

OH

NH2

NAd

e

108.69 ± 2.53

5p

H

OMe

OMe

OH

Br

64.8

e

96.78 ± 5.28

5q

H

OMe

OMe

OH

NO2

98.2

4.52 ± 0.76

84.73 ± 5.07

5r

H

OMe

OH

OH

NO2

22.2

e

91.60 ± 0.89

6a

H

H

Me

H

H

NAd

e

72.50 ± 2.41

  1. a%viral inhibition against DENV2 at 10 μM; bEC50: 50% effective concentration against DENV2; c%viability in LLC/MK2 cell at 10 μM; dNA = not active; e– = not determined; fdata according to literature.