Antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of some new dipeptide‐indole conjugates

In this study, 10 new indole‐dipeptide conjugates were synthesized, and their anticancer activity was determined against on A2780 (ovarian cancer cell line) and MCF‐7 (breast cancer cell line) cells. Among compounds, 5 and 10 showed better activity against A2780 cell lines than the standard drug docatexel at 0.1 and 1 μM concentrations, while only compound 5 showed better activity than docatexel, the MCF‐7 cell line at 0.1 and 1 μM concentrations. The antioxidant potencies of the compounds were low in both the DPPH and iron reducing power methods tested when compared to standard antioxidants used in this work. Dipeptide‐indole conjugates with cytotoxic avtivity.