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Improvement of synthetic 3-arylcoumarins as skin aging-related enzymes inhibitors
* 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 2 , 3 , * 4
1  Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
2  Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
3  CIQUP/Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169–007 Porto, Portugal
4  Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Farmacia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain CIQUP/Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169–007 Porto, Portugal
Academic Editor: Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde

Published: 03 November 2021 by MDPI in 7th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry session General
Abstract:

Coumarin and its derivatives possess interesting biological, pharmacological, biochemical, therapeutic, and photochemical properties. Previously reported studies have demonstrated the properties of coumarins in the inhibition of skin aging-related enzymes as tyrosinase, elastase and collagenase. Skin aging process depends on several intrinsic and extrinsic phenomena, and degradation of proteins of extracellular matrix represents one of the main causes of alteration of the skin integrity, as well as the appearance of hyperpigmented spots due to the tyrosinase activity. Our previous studies have proved that both simple hydroxycoumarins and hydroxy-3-arylcoumarins are interesting scaffolds to modulate the tyrosinase inhibitory activity. According to these considerations, we have modulated the 3-arylcoumarin scaffold to improve the inhibitory potency against tyrosinase, as well as elastase and collagenase. We have also selected for this study, benzo[f]coumarins, with an extra phenyl ring on the coumarin scaffold. In the present study a screening of hydroxy substituted 3-arylcoumarins and 3-arylbenzo[f]coumarins has been performed, with the aim of identifying compounds with potential inhibitory activity against key target enzymes for the prevention and treatment of skin photoaging. This preliminary study gives some insights into the synthesis and biological activity of these molecules against these important targets.

Keywords: coumarin ring; tyrosinase; elastase; collagenase
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