Review Synthesis and Pharmacological Activities of Pyrazole Derivatives: A Review Khalid Karrouchi 1,2,3, Smaail Radi 2,*, Youssef Ramli 1, Jamal Taoufik 1, Yahia N. Mabkhot 4,*, Faiz A. Al-aizari 4 and M’hammed Ansar 1 1 Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, 10100 Rabat, Morocco;
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[email protected] (Y.N.M.); Tel.: +212-536-500-601 (S.R.) Received: 22 November 2017; Accepted: 5 January 2018; Published: 12 January 2018 Abstract: Pyrazole and its derivatives are considered a pharmacologically important active scaffold that possesses almost all types of pharmacological activities. The presence of this nucleus in pharmacological agents of diverse therapeutic categories such as celecoxib, a potent anti-inflammatory, the antipsychotic CDPPB, the anti-obesity drug rimonabant, difenamizole, an analgesic, betazole, a H2-receptor agonist and the antidepressant agent fezolamide have proved the pharmacological potential of the pyrazole moiety. Owing to this diversity in the biological field, this nucleus has attracted the attention of many researchers to study its skeleton chemically and biologically. This review highlights the different synthesis methods and the pharmacological properties of pyrazole derivatives.