M. Taroua et al., NEW ALPHA-SEMICARBAZONE, BETA-SEMICARBAZONE AND GAMMA-SEMICARBAZONE AND THIOSEMICARBAZONE 1,3-DITHIOLANES AS RADIOPROTECTORS - ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY, European journal of medicinal chemistry, 31(7-8), 1996, pp. 589-595
Ten semicarbazone and nine thiosemicarbazone 1,3-dithiolanes (alpha, b
eta and gamma) were prepared and tested as radioprotector agents. Dith
iolane is well known for its radioprotective properties; this compound
protects 78% of mice if 500 mg/kg Is administered 15 min before a 850
cGy irradiation dose [1]. For the first time, the combination of a se
micarbazone or thiosemicarbazone group with a dithiolane moiety has be
en achieved within a single molecule. We also studied the potential an
ticonvulsant activities of these compounds, since benzodiazepines have
been observed to greatly decrease radioinduced convulsions. Among the
tested compounds, the correlation between the anticonvulsant activity
and the radioprotective effect was not systematic.