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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 327-329Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.092
Keywords
1-Azabenzanthrones; Antimalarial; Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum; Selectivity
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- MeceSup fellowship [UMCE-0204]
- CONICYT [AT-23070040, FIBE 27/10]
- ICM [P05-001-F]
- MeceSup [UCH-0601]
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Some synthetic 1-azabenzanthrones (7H-dibenzo[de,h]quinolin-7-ones) are weakly to moderately cytotoxic, suggesting that they might also show antiparasitic activity. We have now tested a small collection of these compounds in vitro against a chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strain, comparing their cytotoxicity against normal human fibroblasts. Our results indicate that 5-methoxy-1-azabenzanthrone and its 2,3-dihydro analogue have low micromolar antiplasmodial activities and showed more than 10-fold selectivity against the parasite, indicating that the dihydro compound, in particular, might serve as a lead compound for further development. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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