1. 4-anilinoquinoline triazines: a novel class of hybrid antimalarial agents.
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Kumar A, Srivastava K, Kumar SR, Siddiqi MI, Puri SK, Sexana JK, and Chauhan PM
- Subjects
- Animals, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Antimalarials chemistry, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Chlorocebus aethiops, Hemeproteins antagonists & inhibitors, Mice, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Parasitic Sensitivity Tests, Quinolines chemical synthesis, Quinolines chemistry, Stereoisomerism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Triazines chemical synthesis, Triazines chemistry, Vero Cells, Antimalarials pharmacology, Malaria drug therapy, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects, Quinolines pharmacology, Triazines pharmacology
- Abstract
A novel class of hybrid 4-anilinoquinoline triazines have been synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their antimalarial activity against CQ-sensitive 3D7 strain of P. falciparum as well as for their cytotoxicity toward VERO cell line. Five compounds (19, 20, 23, 41 and 45) exhibited the antimalarial potency superior to CQ. Compounds 14 and 16 were found to be orally active at a dose of 100 mg/kg×4 days against CQ-resistant strain of P. yoelii. Inhibition of β-hematin formation assay and molecular docking study has been conducted in order to gain insight into the mechanism of action of proposed targets for the 4-anilinoquinoline and triazine moiety of the hybrid compounds., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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