Sci Pharm www.scipharm.at Review Open Access Biological Activities of 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole Derivatives: A Review Mohammed Afzal AZAM *, Bhojraj SURESH Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, J. S. S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamund-643001, Tamil Nadu, India. * Corresponding author. E-mail:
[email protected] (M. A. Azam) Sci Pharm. 2012; 80: 789–823 doi:10.3797/scipharm.1204-27 Published: June 18th 2012 Received: April 30th 2012 Accepted: June 18th 2012 This article is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3797/scipharm.1204-27 © Azam and Suresh; licensee Österreichische Apotheker-Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H., Vienna, Austria. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract 2-Mercaptobenzothiazoles are an important class of bioactive and industrially important organic compounds. These compounds are reported for their antimicrobial and antifungal activities, and are subsequently highlighted as a potent mechanism-based inhibitor of several enzymes like acyl coenzyme A cholesterol acyltransferase, monoamine oxidase, heat shock protein 90, cathepsin D, and c-Jun N-terminal kinases. These derivatives are also known to possess antitubercular, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, amoebic, antiparkinsonian, anthelmintic, antihypertensive, antihyperlipidemic, antiulcer, chemoprotective, and selective CCR3 receptor antagonist activity. This present review article focuses on the pharmacological profile of 2-mercaptobenzothiazoles with their potential activities. Keywords 2-Mercaptobenzothiazoles (MBT) • 2-Sulfanyl-1,3-benzothiazoles • Antimicrobial activity • Anti-inflammatory activity • Heat shock protein 90 • Monoamine oxidase Introduction The main objective of organic and medicinal chemistry is the design, synthesis, and production of molecules having value as human therapeutic agents.