Abstract
Piperazine, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic has acquired an inimitable position
in medicinal chemistry because of its versatile structure, which has fascinated researchers
to design novel piperazine based molecules having various biological actions. The
subsistence of various compounds possessing diverse pharmacological activities in
the literature further confirms this fact. Currently available analgesics and anti-inflammatory
drugs are associated with side effects that limit their use. Moreover, the literature
reveals the incredible anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential of piperazine derivatives
along with their method of synthesis, therefore; the present review has been designed
to collate the development made in this area that will surely be advantageous in designing
novel piperazine based candidates with enhanced efficacy and less toxicity. An extensive
literature survey was carried by scrutinizing peer reviewed articles from worldwide
scientific databases available on GOOGLE, SCOPUS, PUBMED, and only relevant studies
published in English were considered.
Key words
piperazine - analgesic - anti-inflammatory - synthesis - cox - derivatives