In vitro antitumor activity evaluation of some 1,2,4-triazine derivatives bearing piperazine amide moiety against breast cancer cells

A series of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives bearing piperazine amide moiety has been synthesized and investigated for their potential anticancer activities. 1-[4-(5,6-Bis(4-subtituted phenyl)-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl) piperazin- 1-yl]-2-[4-(3-substituted phenyl) piperazin-1-yl] ethanone derivative (1-32) compounds were synthesized by a four step synthetic procedure. The activity studies were evaluated using XTT method, BrdU method and flow cytometric analysis on MCF-7 breast cancer cells and NIH/3T3 (mouse embryonic fibroblast cells) healthy cells. Compounds 5 with 3-chlorophenyl and compound 7 with 4-chlorophenyl substitutions were found to be promising antiproliferative agents comparing with an effective anticancer drug, cisplatin. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.