as a continuous research for discovery of new cox-2 inhibitors, chemical synthesis, in vitro biological activity and molecular docking study of anew group of 1,4-dihydropyridine (dhp) derivatives were presented. novel synthesized compounds possessing a cox-2 so2me pharmacophore at the para position of c-4 phenyl ring, different hydrophobic groups (r1) at c-2 position and alkoxycarbonyl groups (...