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The activity experimental study showed that 2,2-dipropyl-N1-(4-sulfamoylphenyl)malonamide (18b) had the lowest median effective dose (ED50) of 16.36 mg\/kg in MES test, and 2,2-dimethyl-N-(4-sulfamoylphenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide (12c) had the lowest ED50 of 22.50 mg\/kg in scPTZ test, which resulted in the protective indexe (PI) of 24.8 and 20.4, respectively. 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