Abstract:
AIM: To search for compounds having strong vasodilating effect. METHODS: The classic Knoevenagel condensation and mixed anhydride method were used. RESULTS: Nine cinnamides and eight α-phenylcinnamide derivatives were synthesized. CONCLUSION: Vasodilative activity screening
in vitro showed that the olefinic linkage inserted between the benzene ring and carbonyl group was unfavourable to the inhibiting activity on noradrenaline (10
-7 mol.L
-1) induced contraction of rat aortic strip, while the introduction of bulky groups (substituted phenyl) at α position of the cinnamoyl carbonyl group might selectively enhance the inhibiting activity against 85.7 mmol.L
-1 KCl induced contraction of rat aortic strip.