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Therapeutic Interventions for Countering Leishmaniasis and Chagas's Disease: From Traditional Sources to Nanotechnological Systems.

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

Souto EB, Dias-Ferreira J, Craveiro SA, Severino P, Sanchez-Lopez E, Garcia ML, Silva AM, Souto SB, Mahant S.
PMID: 31374930
Pathogens. 2019 Aug 01;8(3). doi: 10.3390/pathogens8030119.

The incidence of neglected diseases in tropical countries, such as Leishmaniasis and Chagas's disease, is attributed to a set of biological and ecological factors associated with the socioeconomic context of developing countries and with a significant burden to health...

Recent Advances in the Medicinal Chemistry of Phenothiazines. New Anticancer and Antiprotozoal Agents.

Current medicinal chemistry

González-González A, Vazquez-Jimenez LK, Paz-González AD, Bolognesi ML, Rivera G.
PMID: 33820509
Curr Med Chem. 2021 Apr 05; doi: 10.2174/0929867328666210405120330. Epub 2021 Apr 05.

BACKGROUND: Molecules that have a phenothiazine scaffold have been considered versatile organic structures with a wide variety of biological activities: antipsychotic, anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, and trypanocidal, among others. First discovered in the 19th century as a...

Antiprotozoal agents: How have they changed over a decade?.

Archiv der Pharmazie

Fernandes VS, da Rosa R, Zimmermann LA, Rogério KR, Kümmerle AE, Bernardes LSC, Graebin CS.
PMID: 34661935
Arch Pharm (Weinheim). 2021 Oct 18;e2100338. doi: 10.1002/ardp.202100338. Epub 2021 Oct 18.

Neglected tropical diseases are a diverse group of communicable diseases that are endemic in low- or low-to-middle-income countries located in tropical and subtropical zones. The number and availability of drugs for treating these diseases are low, the administration route...

Three decades of clinical trials on immunotherapy for human leishmaniases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Immunotherapy

Mota CA, Oyama J, Souza Terron Monich M, Brustolin AÁ, Perez de Souza JV, Murase LS, Ghiraldi Lopes LD, Silva Santos TD, Vieira Teixeira JJ, Verzignassi Silveira TG.
PMID: 33853344
Immunotherapy. 2021 Jun;13(8):693-721. doi: 10.2217/imt-2020-0184. Epub 2021 Apr 15.

No abstract available.

Exploration of Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as Membrane-Bound Pyrophosphatase Inhibitors.

ChemMedChem

Johansson NG, Dreano L, Vidilaseris K, Khattab A, Liu J, Lasbleiz A, Ribeiro O, Kiriazis A, Boije Af Gennäs G, Meri S, Goldman A, Yli-Kauhaluoma J, Xhaard H.
PMID: 34459148
ChemMedChem. 2021 Nov 05;16(21):3360-3367. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100392. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

Inhibition of membrane-bound pyrophosphatase (mPPase) with small molecules offer a new approach in the fight against pathogenic protozoan parasites. mPPases are absent in humans, but essential for many protists as they couple pyrophosphate hydrolysis to the active transport of...

Synthesis and Antiprotozoal Profile of 3,4,5-Trisubstituted Isoxazoles.

ChemistryOpen

Rosa FA, Mendes de Souza Melo S, Pianoski KE, Poletto J, Dos Santos MG, Vieira da Silva MJ, Lazarin-Bidóia D, Volpato H, Moura S, Nakamura CV.
PMID: 34331350
ChemistryOpen. 2021 Oct;10(10):931-938. doi: 10.1002/open.202100141. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

A series of 60 4-aminomethyl 5-aryl-3-substituted isoxazoles were synthesized by an efficient method and evaluated in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis and Trypanosoma cruzi, protozoa that cause the neglected tropical diseases leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, respectively. Thirteen compounds exhibited a...

Investigation of Calcium Channel Blockers as Antiprotozoal Agents and Their Interference in the Metabolism of Leishmania (L.) infantum.

Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Reimão JQ, Mesquita JT, Ferreira DD, Tempone AG.
PMID: 26941821
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:1523691. doi: 10.1155/2016/1523691. Epub 2016 Jan 28.

Leishmaniasis and Chagas disease are neglected parasitic diseases endemic in developing countries; efforts to find new therapies remain a priority. Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are drugs in clinical use for hypertension and other heart pathologies. Based on previous reports...

Amino Acid Based Antimicrobial Agents - Synthesis and Properties.

ChemMedChem

Nowak MG, Skwarecki AS, Milewska MJ.
PMID: 34596961
ChemMedChem. 2021 Dec 06;16(23):3513-3544. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100503. Epub 2021 Oct 01.

Structures of several dozen of known antibacterial, antifungal or antiprotozoal agents are based on the amino acid scaffold. In most of them, the amino acid skeleton is of a crucial importance for their antimicrobial activity, since very often they...

Antiprotozoal .

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)

Szabó LU, Kaiser M, Mäser P, Schmidt TJ.
PMID: 34200688
Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Jun 10;10(6). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10060696.

Malaria and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) are life-threatening tropical diseases caused by protozoan parasites. Due to limited therapeutic options, there is a compelling need for new antiprotozoal agents. In a previous study, O-tigloylcyclovirobuxeine-B was recovered from a

Search for the Active Ingredients from a 2-Aminothiazole DMSO Stock Solution with Antimalarial Activity.

ChemMedChem

Ropponen HK, Bader CD, Diamanti E, Illarionov B, Rottmann M, Fischer M, Witschel M, Müller R, Hirsch AKH.
PMID: 33844432
ChemMedChem. 2021 Jul 06;16(13):2089-2093. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100067. Epub 2021 May 07.

Chemical decomposition of DMSO stock solutions is a common incident that can mislead biological screening campaigns. Here, we share our case study of 2-aminothiazole 1, originating from an antimalarial class that undergoes chemical decomposition in DMSO at room temperature....

Recent Advances in the Medicinal Chemistry of Phenothiazines. New Anticancer and Antiprotozoal Agents.

Current medicinal chemistry

González-González A, Vazquez-Jimenez LK, Paz-González AD, Bolognesi ML, Rivera G.
PMID: 33820509
Curr Med Chem. 2021 Apr 05; doi: 10.2174/0929867328666210405120330. Epub 2021 Apr 05.

BACKGROUND: Molecules that have a phenothiazine scaffold have been considered versatile organic structures with a wide variety of biological activities: antipsychotic, anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, and trypanocidal, among others. First discovered in the 19th century as a...

Quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-Oxide Derivatives: Are They Unselective or Selective Inhibitors?.

Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

Rivera G.
PMID: 33573542
Mini Rev Med Chem. 2021 Jan 26; doi: 10.2174/1389557521666210126142541. Epub 2021 Jan 26.

BACKGROUND: For decades, the quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxide ring has been considered a privileged structure to develop new antibacterial, antitumoural, and antiprotozoal agents, among others, however its mechanism of action is not clear.OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this mini-review was to...

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