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CHEMBIOCHEM
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 69-72出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200390016
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antimalarial agents; antiprotozoal agents; biological activity; heterocycles; quinones
The importance of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in human pathology is widely known. The prognosis of this disease is poor and the choice of effective medicines limited, thus study of new drugs is absolutely necessary. In this work, the activities of three new pyrozolylnaphthoquinones, heterocyclic naphthoquinones bearing 3-aminopyrozole rings, were evaluated on Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease. These activities were compared with those of three 5-aminoisoxazole analogues. In addition, since these compounds belong to a family of antiprotozoal and cytotoxic/antitumor agents, the activities of all six against Plasmodium falciparum, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, and murine L-6 cells were also investigated. In the biological tests, five of the compounds showed significant in vitro trypanocidal activities against T. cruzi, with activities similar to that of benznidazole. Two of the 5-aminoisoxazole analogues also showed good activities, in one case highly selective, against the K1 and NF54 strains of P. falciparum (IC50 < 0.12 mu g mL(-1)). Three of the compounds were cytotoxic to murine L-6 cells (IC50=0.21-0.50 mu g mL(-1)). The results suggested that the three pyrazolylnaphthoquinones and one of the 5-aminoisoxazole analogues could be starting points for lead optimization programs against T. cruzi and P. falciparum, respectively.
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