K. M. Doddi

Ruta graveolens is a delicate plant until it is called as herb of grace. It is easily wither if it is happen to be touched with impure hands. In India it is considered as one of the sacred  plants .It has special fragrance .The leaves are bitter in taste .In Tamil it is called as Aruvatham patchai, and it is called as sada pillai as per siddha system of medicine , in Malayalam it is called as aruthu means no(Number), In Sanskrit it is called as santhapa,[KR Raman]. This plant nowadays have been used commonly as an ornamental plants in houses and institutes and other public areas, the medicinal knowledge  behind this plant  are still lacking with  the people whose planting this plant, the answer is just they say for gardening. Even though   lot  of study  was already made on this plant which is mentioned in an different literature  and books .The aim of this study is to bring out  some of the important traditional uses  and also to promote this plant for the  cognitive dysfunction which is recommended by personal  experience.

Several pharmacological activities like antitubercular, analgesic, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, antiasthmatic, antioxidant and antibacterial activities have been attributed to pyrazoles. The above observations prompted us to synthesize some novel pyrazole derivatives as possible antimicrobial agents. A series of novel 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazole derivatives (P1-P15) have been synthesized by the reaction of substituted chalcones (C1-C15) with succinichydrazide. The starting material, chalcones were prepared by claisen Schmidt condensation of acetophenone with aldehydes in the presence of sodium hydroxide in ethanol. Succinichydrazide was synthesized by condensing succinic acid with hydrazine hydrate. The cycloaddition of chalcones with succinichydrazide gives 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazole derivatives. The structures of synthesized derivatives were confirmed by IR, 1HNMR and Mass spectrum. The synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial and antifungal activity. The antibacterial activity data of the synthesized derivatives revealed that the compound P4, P13 and P7, P14 were effective against gram positive and gram negative organisms respectively. The antifungal activity data revealed that the compound P7 and P8 showed good activity against tested fungi.

Several pharmacological activities like anti-cancer, anti-microbial, antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-viral activity have been attributed to tetrahydrocarbazole. The above observations prompted us to synthesize some novel tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives as possible anticancer agents. A series of novel tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives have been synthesized by the reaction of tetrahydrocarbazole with substituted aromatic aldehydes. The starting material, tetrahydrocarbazole were prepared by Fischer indolisation reaction of cyclohexanone with phenylhydrazine in the presence of acetic acid. The cycloaddition of tetrahydrocarcazole and substituted aromatic aldehydes gives tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives (A1-A10). The structures of synthesized derivatives were confirmed by IR, 1HNMR and Mass spectrum. The synthesized compounds were screened for their in-vitro anticancer activity. The anticancer activity data of the synthesized derivatives were found to be potent activity. Key words: Phenyl hydrazine, Cyclohexanone, Tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives, In-vitro anticancer activity.

In the present scheme, we have an attempt to synthesize some novel benzimidazole derivatives by substituting triazole moiety at N-1 position of benzimidazole by fusion reaction of benzimidazole-1-acetic acid with thiocarbohydrazide. The substituted triazole was refluxed with different aromatic carboxylic acid in the presence of POCl3 yield different benzimidazole derivatives, respectively. The synthesized compounds were characterized by IR, 1H-NMR and Mass spectroscopy. The compounds were screened for antibacterial (gram +ve, gram –ve bacteria) activities. Key words: Benzimidazole, thiocarbohydrazide, substituted benzoic acid, benzimidazole- 1-acetic acid