A library of 28 analogs of bavachinin including aliphatic and aromatic ethers, epoxide, chalcone, oxime, semicarbazide, oxime ether and triazole derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxicity against four different human cancer cell lines. Bio-evaluation studies exhibited better cytotoxic profile for many analogs compare to bavachinin. Best results were observed for a 1,2,3-triazole analog (17i) with IC₅₀ values 7.72, 16.08, 7.13 and 11.67 μM against lung (A549), prostate (PC-3), colon (HCT-116) and breast (MCF-7) cancer cell lines respectively. This analog showed three and four fold improvement in cytotoxicity against HCT-116 and A549 cell lines than parent molecule (1). Structure activity relationship (SAR) study for all synthesized analogs was carried out. Further, mechanistic study of the lead molecule (17i) revealed that it inhibits colony formation and in vitro migration of human colon cancer cells (HCT-116). Also, it induced the morphological changes and mediated the apoptotic cell death of HCT-116 cells with perturbance in mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and PARP cleavage.

已经合成了 28 种巴伐奇宁类似物的文库，包括脂肪族和芳香族醚、环氧化物、查耳酮、肟、氨基脲、肟醚和三唑衍生物，并评估了对四种不同人类癌细胞系的细胞毒性。与巴伐奇宁相比，许多类似物的生物评估研究显示出更好的细胞毒性特征。观察到 1,2,3-三唑类似物 ( 17i)对肺 (A549)、前列腺 (PC-3)、结肠 (HCT-116) 和乳腺的 IC _50值为7.72、16.08、7.13和 11.67 μM 的最佳结果(MCF-7) 癌细胞系。这种类似物对 HCT-116 和 A549 细胞系的细胞毒性比亲本分子提高了三倍和四倍（1）。对所有合成的类似物进行了结构活性关系 (SAR) 研究。此外，先导分子 ( 17i )的机理研究表明，它可抑制人结肠癌细胞 (HCT-116) 的集落形成和体外迁移。此外，它诱导形态学变化并介导 HCT-116 细胞的凋亡细胞死亡，其中线粒体膜电位 (MMP) 和 PARP 裂解受到干扰。