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Wu YJ, Meanwell NA. Geminal Diheteroatomic Motifs: Some Applications of Acetals, Ketals, and Their Sulfur and Nitrogen Homologues in Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design. J Med Chem 2021; 64:9786-9874. [PMID: 34213340 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Acetals and ketals and their nitrogen and sulfur homologues are often considered to be unconventional and potentially problematic scaffolding elements or pharmacophores for the design of orally bioavailable drugs. This opinion is largely a function of the perception that such motifs might be chemically unstable under the acidic conditions of the stomach and upper gastrointestinal tract. However, even simple acetals and ketals, including acyclic molecules, can be sufficiently robust under acidic conditions to be fashioned into orally bioavailable drugs, and these structural elements are embedded in many effective therapeutic agents. The chemical stability of molecules incorporating geminal diheteroatomic motifs can be modulated by physicochemical design principles that include the judicious deployment of proximal electron-withdrawing substituents and conformational restriction. In this Perspective, we exemplify geminal diheteroatomic motifs that have been utilized in the discovery of orally bioavailable drugs or drug candidates against the backdrop of understanding their potential for chemical lability.
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- Yong-Jin Wu
- Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Early Development, 100 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Department of Discovery and Chemistry and Molecular Technologies, Bristol-Myers Squibb PRI, PO Box 4000, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000, United States
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Aratikatla EK, Kalamuddin M, Rana KC, Datta G, Asad M, Sundararaman S, Malhotra P, Mohmmed A, Bhattacharya AK. Combating multi-drug resistant malaria parasite by inhibiting falcipain-2 and heme-polymerization: Artemisinin-peptidyl vinyl phosphonate hybrid molecules as new antimalarials. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 220:113454. [PMID: 33901900 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have been able to reduce the clinical and pathological malaria cases in endemic areas around the globe. However, recent reports have shown a progressive decline in malaria parasite clearance in South-east Asia after ACT treatment, thus envisaging a need for new artemisinin (ART) derivatives and combinations. To address the emergence of drug resistance to current antimalarials, here we report the synthesis of artemisinin-peptidyl vinyl phosphonate hybrid molecules that show superior efficacy than artemisinin alone against chloroquine-resistant as well as multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum strains with EC50 in pico-molar ranges. Further, the compounds effectively inhibited the survival of ring-stage parasite for laboratory-adapted artemisinin-resistant parasite lines as compared to artemisinin. These hybrid molecules showed complete parasite clearance in vivo using P. berghei mouse malaria model in comparison to artemisinin alone. Studies on the mode of action of hybrid molecules suggested that these artemisinin-peptidyl vinyl phosphonate hybrid molecules possessed dual activities: inhibited falcipain-2 (FP-2) activity, a P. falciparum cysteine protease involved in hemoglobin degradation, and also blocked the hemozoin formation in the food-vacuole, a step earlier shown to be blocked by artemisinin. Since these hybrid molecules blocked multiple steps of a pathway and showed synergistic efficacies, we believe that these lead compounds can be developed as effective antimalarials to prevent the spread of resistance to current antimalarials.
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- Eswar K Aratikatla
- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NCL, Pune, 411 008, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India
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- International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi, 100 067, India.
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- Division of Organic Chemistry, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, 411 008, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-NCL, Pune, 411 008, India.
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Patel OPS, Beteck RM, Legoabe LJ. Exploration of artemisinin derivatives and synthetic peroxides in antimalarial drug discovery research. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 213:113193. [PMID: 33508479 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Malaria is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by protozoal parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium. It caused an estimated 405,000 deaths and 228 million malaria cases globally in 2018 as per the World Malaria Report released by World Health Organization (WHO) in 2019. Artemisinin (ART), a "Nobel medicine" and its derivatives have proven potential application in antimalarial drug discovery programs. In this review, antimalarial activity of the most active artemisinin derivatives modified at C-10/C-11/C-16/C-6 positions and synthetic peroxides (endoperoxides, 1,2,4-trioxolanes, 1,2,4-trioxanes, and 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes) are systematically summarized. The developmental trend of ART derivatives, and cyclic peroxides along with their antimalarial activity and how the activity is affected by structural variations on different sites of the compounds are discussed. This compilation would be very useful towards scaffold hopping aimed at avoiding the unnecessary complexity in cyclic peroxides, and ultimately act as a handy resource for the development of potential chemotherapeutics against Plasmodium species.
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- Om P S Patel
- Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
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- Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
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- Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
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Tiwari MK, Chaudhary S. Artemisinin-derived antimalarial endoperoxides from bench-side to bed-side: Chronological advancements and future challenges. Med Res Rev 2020; 40:1220-1275. [PMID: 31930540 DOI: 10.1002/med.21657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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According to WHO World Malaria Report (2018), nearly 219 million new cases of malaria occurred and a total no. of 435 000 people died in 2017 due to this infectious disease. This is due to the rapid spread of parasite-resistant strains. Artemisinin (ART), a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide isolated from traditional Chinese herb Artemisia annua, has been recognized as a novel class of antimalarial drugs. The 2015 "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine" was given to Prof Dr Tu Youyou for the discovery of ART. Hence, ART is termed as "Nobel medicine." The present review article accommodates insights from the chronological advancements and direct statistics witnessed during the past 48 years (1971-2019) in the medicinal chemistry of ART-derived antimalarial endoperoxides, and their clinical utility in malaria chemotherapy and drug discovery.
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- Mohit K Tiwari
- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India
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- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India
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Kumari A, Karnatak M, Singh D, Shankar R, Jat JL, Sharma S, Yadav D, Shrivastava R, Verma VP. Current scenario of artemisinin and its analogues for antimalarial activity. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 163:804-829. [PMID: 30579122 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Human malaria, one of the most striking, reemerging infectious diseases, is caused by several types of Plasmodium parasites. Whilst advances have been made in lowering the numbers of cases and deaths, it is clear that a strategy based solely on disease control year on year, without reducing transmission and ultimately eradicating the parasite, is unsustainable. Natural products have served as a template for the design and development of antimalarial drugs currently in the clinic or in the development phase. Artemisinin combine potent, rapid antimalarial activity with a wide therapeutic index and an absence of clinically important resistance. The alkylating ability of artemisinin and its semi-synthetic analogues toward heme related to their antimalarial efficacy are underlined. Although impressive results have already been achieved in malaria research, more systematization and concentration of efforts are required if real breakthroughs are to be made. This review will concisely cover the clinical, preclinical antimalarial and current updates in artemisinin based antimalarial drugs. Diverse classes of semi-synthetic analogs of artemisinin reported in the last decade have also been extensively studied. The experience gained in this respect is discussed.
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- Akriti Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Banasthali University, Banasthali Newai, 304022, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Banasthali University, Banasthali Newai, 304022, Rajasthan, India
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Bio-Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, BabaSaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar Raebareli Road, Lucknow, 226025, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, 313001, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, 313001, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, 303007, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Banasthali University, Banasthali Newai, 304022, Rajasthan, India.
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de Lange C, Coertzen D, Smit FJ, Wentzel JF, Wong HN, Birkholtz LM, Haynes RK, N'Da DD. Synthesis, in vitro antimalarial activities and cytotoxicities of amino-artemisinin-ferrocene derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2018; 28:289-92. [PMID: 29317166 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Novel derivatives bearing a ferrocene attached via a piperazine linker to C-10 of the artemisinin nucleus were prepared from dihydroartemisinin and screened against chloroquine (CQ) sensitive NF54 and CQ resistant K1 and W2 strains of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) parasites. The overall aim is to imprint oxidant (from the artemisinin) and redox (from the ferrocene) activities. In a preliminary assessment, these compounds were shown to possess activities in the low nM range with the most active being compound 6 with IC50 values of 2.79 nM against Pf K1 and 3.2 nM against Pf W2. Overall the resistance indices indicate that the compounds have a low potential for cross resistance. Cytotoxicities were determined with Hek293 human embryonic kidney cells and activities against proliferating cells were assessed against A375 human malignant melanoma cells. The selectivity indices of the amino-artemisinin ferrocene derivatives indicate there is overall an appreciably higher selectivity towards the malaria parasite than mammalian cells.
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Tripathi CB, Beg S, Kaur R, Shukla G, Bandopadhyay S, Singh B. Systematic development of optimized SNEDDS of artemether with improved biopharmaceutical and antimalarial potential. Drug Deliv 2016; 23:3209-3223. [DOI: 10.3109/10717544.2016.1162876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Chandra Bhushan Tripathi
- UGC Centre of Advanced Studies, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India,
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- UGC Centre of Advanced Studies, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India,
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- UGC- Centre of Excellence in Applications of Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites (Biomedical Sciences), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India,
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- Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, and
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, PDM College of Pharmacy, Sarai Aurangabad, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India
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- UGC Centre of Advanced Studies, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India,
- UGC- Centre of Excellence in Applications of Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites (Biomedical Sciences), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India,
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Smit FJ, van Biljon RA, Birkholtz LM, N'Da DD. Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of dihydroartemisinyl-chalcone esters. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 90:33-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Joubert JP, Smit FJ, du Plessis L, Smith PJ, N’Da DD. Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of aminoacridines and artemisinin–acridine hybrids. Eur J Pharm Sci 2014; 56:16-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Santos CBR, Vieira JB, Lobato CC, Hage-Melim LIS, Souto RNP, Lima CS, Costa EVM, Brasil DSB, Macêdo WJC, Carvalho JCT. A SAR and QSAR study of new artemisinin compounds with antimalarial activity. Molecules 2013; 19:367-99. [PMID: 24381053 PMCID: PMC6271440 DOI: 10.3390/molecules19010367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Hartree-Fock method and the 6-31G** basis set were employed to calculate the molecular properties of artemisinin and 20 derivatives with antimalarial activity. Maps of molecular electrostatic potential (MEPs) and molecular docking were used to investigate the interaction between ligands and the receptor (heme). Principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis were employed to select the most important descriptors related to activity. The correlation between biological activity and molecular properties was obtained using the partial least squares and principal component regression methods. The regression PLS and PCR models built in this study were also used to predict the antimalarial activity of 30 new artemisinin compounds with unknown activity. The models obtained showed not only statistical significance but also predictive ability. The significant molecular descriptors related to the compounds with antimalarial activity were the hydration energy (HE), the charge on the O11 oxygen atom (QO11), the torsion angle O1-O2-Fe-N2 (D2) and the maximum rate of R/Sanderson Electronegativity (RTe+). These variables led to a physical and structural explanation of the molecular properties that should be selected for when designing new ligands to be used as antimalarial agents.
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- Cleydson Breno R Santos
- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Modeling and Computational Chemistry, Federal University of Amapá, Macapá 68902-280, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil.
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Cloete TT, Krebs HJ, Clark JA, Connelly MC, Orcutt A, Sigal MS, Kiplin Guy R, N’Da DD. Antimalarial activity of 10-alkyl/aryl esters and -aminoethylethers of artemisinin. Bioorg Chem 2013; 46:10-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2012.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bruno M, Trucchi B, Monti D, Romeo S, Kaiser M, Verotta L. Synthesis of a potent antimalarial agent through natural products conjugation. ChemMedChem 2013; 8:221-5. [PMID: 23307699 PMCID: PMC3836189 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201200503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Au naturel! (+)-Usnic acid (green) is a weak antimalarial agent, however, in conjugation with known antimalarial scaffolds and drugs, such as dihydroartemisinin (blue), potent activity against the blood-stage parasite can be seen both in vitro and in vivo. The compound shown exhibits an IC(50) value of 1.4 nM against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro and proved nearly as efficacious as artesunate in a mouse model of infection.
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- Michela Bruno
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milano (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milano (Italy)
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- Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari, CNR, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milano (Italy)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via L. Mangiagalli 25, 20133, Milano (Italy)
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- Department of Medical Parasitology & Infection Biology, Swiss, Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel (Switzerland)
- University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel (Switzerland)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133, Milano (Italy)
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Since the discovery of the endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin, numerous second-generation semisynthetic artemisinins and synthetic peroxides have been prepared and tested for their antimalarial properties. Using a case-study approach, we describe the discovery of the investigational semisynthetic artemisinins artelinic acid (8) and artemisone (9), and the structurally diverse synthetic peroxides arteflene (10), fenozan B07 (11), arterolane (12), PA1103/SAR116242 (13), and RKA182 (14).
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- Leann Tilley
- Department of Biochemistry and Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-rayScience, La Trobe University Melbourne, Victoria 3086 Australia
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- Centre for Drug Candidate Optimisation, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Monash University (Parkville Campus), 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia
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- College of Pharmacy University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986025 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE USA
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Clark RL, Brannen KC, Sanders JE, Hoberman AM. Artesunate and artelinic acid: association of embryotoxicity, reticulocytopenia, and delayed stimulation of hematopoiesis in pregnant rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 92:52-68. [PMID: 21312322 DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The artemisinin antimalarials cause embryo death and malformations in animals by killing embryonic erythroblasts. Groups of pregnant rats (N = 4) were administered 35 and 48 µmol/kg artesunate and 17.2, 28.7, 48, 96, and 191 µmol/kg artelinic acid as a single oral dose on gestational day (GD) 12. Litters were examined on GD21. The ED(50) for embryo death with artelinic acid (23.4 µmol/kg) was just slightly lower than that for decreased reticulocyte count at 24 hr postdose (33.5 µmol/kg) and both had similarly steep dose responses (maximal effects of total litter loss and ∼60% decreases in reticulocyte count at 48 µmol/kg). Results with artesunate were similar. The correlation coefficient between embryo death and decreased reticulocyte count was 0.82 (p<0.01). The close relationship between embryotoxicity and reticulocytopenia is suggestive of a common mechanism-artemisinin-induced mitochondrial damage leading to cell death. At 9 days postdose, treatment with artesunate and artelinic acid also caused increases in counts of reticulocytes, lymphocytes, basophils, and monocytes (up to 3.7 ×, 1.7 ×, 4.7 ×, and 1.7 × control, respectively). This stimulation of hematopoiesis may have been mediated by the direct oxidative conversion of artesunate or artelinic acid to the artemisininyl hydroperoxide within the bone marrow cells or by an indirect increase in reactive oxygen species. The high correlation between embryotoxicity and reticulocytopenia further supports the assertion that therapeutic dosage regimens of artemisinins that cause decreases in reticulocyte count in pregnant women during the putative critical period (approximately postconception wk 3 to 9) are at risk of also causing adverse effects on the embryo.
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- Robert L Clark
- Artemis Pharmaceutical Research, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA.
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Steyn M, N'Da DD, Breytenbach JC, Smith PJ, Meredith S, Breytenbach WJ. Synthesis and antimalarial activity of ethylene glycol oligomeric ethers of artemisinin. J Pharm Pharmacol 2011; 63:278-86. [PMID: 21235593 DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2010.01205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to synthesize a series of ethylene glycol ether derivatives of the antimalarial drug artemisinin, determine their values for selected physicochemical properties and evaluate their antimalarial activity in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum strains. METHODS The ethers were synthesized in a one-step process by coupling ethylene glycol moieties of various chain lengths to carbon C-10 of artemisinin. The aqueous solubility and log D values were determined in phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.4). The derivatives were screened for antimalarial activity alongside artemether and chloroquine against chloroquine-sensitive (D10) and moderately chloroquine-resistant (Dd2) strains of P. falciparum. KEY FINDINGS The aqueous solubility within each series increased as the ethylene glycol chain lengthened. The IC50 values revealed that all the derivatives were active against both D10 and Dd2 strains. All were less potent than artemether irrespective of the strain. However, they proved to be more potent than chloroquine against the resistant strain. Compound 8, featuring three ethylene oxide units, was the most active of all the synthesized ethers. CONCLUSIONS The conjugation of dihydroartemisinin to ethylene glycol units of various chain lengths through etheral linkage led to water-soluble derivatives. The strategy did not result in an increase of antimalarial activity compared with artemether. It is nevertheless a promising approach to further investigate and synthesize water-soluble derivatives of artemisinin that may be more active than artemether by increasing the ethylene glycol chain length.
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- Minette Steyn
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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Yang X, Wang W, Tan J, Song D, Li M, Liu D, Jing Y, Zhao L. Synthesis of a series of novel dihydroartemisinin derivatives containing a substituted chalcone with greater cytotoxic effects in leukemia cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:4385-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Revised: 05/05/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cardoso FJB, de Figueiredo AF, da Silva Lobato M, de Miranda RM, de Almeida RCO, Pinheiro JC. A study on antimalarial artemisinin derivatives using MEP maps and multivariate QSAR. J Mol Model 2007; 14:39-48. [PMID: 17968600 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-007-0249-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Artemisinin and some derivatives with activity against D-6 strains of Plasmodium falciparum were studied. Molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) maps were used in an attempt to identify key features of the compounds that are necessary for their activities, and then use those to propose new artemisinin derivatives. The partial least squares (PLS) method was then used to generate a predictive model. The PLS model with three latent variables explaining 88.9% of total variance, with Q((2)) = 0.839 and R(2) = 0.935, was obtained for 15/6 compounds in the training/external validation set. For construction of the model, the most important descriptors were the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy, atomic charges on the atoms O1 (Q(1)) and C3 (Q(3)), molecular volume (VOL), and hydrophilic index (HYF). From a set of 20 proposed artemisinin derivatives, one new compound (39) with higher antimalarial activity than the molecules initially studied was predicted. Synthesis of these new derivatives may follow the results of the MEP maps studied and the PLS modeling.
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- Fábio José B Cardoso
- Laboratório de Química Teórica e Computacional, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal do Pará, CP 101101, 66075-110, Belém, PA, Amazônia, Brazil
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Hamzah J, Batty KT, Davis WA, Mori TA, Ching SYL, Croft KD, Davis TME. Retinol supplementation in murine Plasmodium berghei malaria: Effects on tissue levels, parasitaemia and lipid peroxidation. Int J Parasitol 2007; 37:525-37. [PMID: 17157853 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 10/15/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Reduced plasma retinol concentrations occur in human malaria but the benefits of supplementation remain uncertain. We assessed the in vivo efficacy of retinol administration, and its effect on lipid peroxidation, in a Plasmodium berghei murine model. Animals received vehicle (n=17) or retinol (i) before P. berghei inoculation (four doses), (ii) at parasitaemia 10-15% (three to four doses) or (iii) before and after inoculation (six to seven doses; n=15 in each group), with euthanasia on day 8 post-inoculation or when the parasitaemia exceeded 50%. Multiple-dose pre-inoculation retinol reduced endpoint parasitaemia by 24% (P=0.001 versus controls). A reduction of 18% (P=0.042) was observed when retinol was given to parasitaemic animals. Retinol was ineffective when given both before and after infection (11% reduction; P=0.47). Although retinol supplementation did not change plasma retinol concentrations, liver retinol content increased and correlated inversely with endpoint parasitaemia (r=-0.45, P=0.001). Malaria infection augmented concentrations of the free radical lipid peroxidation end-product F(2)-isoprostanes in plasma, erythrocytes and liver by 1.8-, 2.8- and 4.9-fold, respectively, but retinol supplementation had no effect on these increases. Consistent with some human malaria studies, prophylactic retinol reduces P. berghei parasitaemia. This effect relates to augmentation of tissue retinol stores rather than to retinol-associated changes in oxidant status.
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- J Hamzah
- School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
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Montero-Torres A, García-Sánchez RN, Marrero-Ponce Y, Machado-Tugores Y, Nogal-Ruiz JJ, Martínez-Fernández AR, Arán VJ, Ochoa C, Meneses-Marcel A, Torrens F. Non-stochastic quadratic fingerprints and LDA-based QSAR models in hit and lead generation through virtual screening: theoretical and experimental assessment of a promising method for the discovery of new antimalarial compounds. Eur J Med Chem 2006; 41:483-93. [PMID: 16545891 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2005.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 12/16/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In order to explore the ability of non-stochastic quadratic indices to encode chemical information in antimalarials, four quantitative models for the discrimination of compounds having this property were generated and statistically compared. Accuracies of 90.2% and 83.3% for the training and test sets, respectively, were observed for the best of all the models, which included non-stochastic quadratic fingerprints weighted with Pauling electronegativities. With a comparative purpose and as a second validation experiment, an exercise of virtual screening of 65 already-reported antimalarials was carried out. Finally, 17 new compounds were classified as either active/inactive ones and experimentally evaluated for their potential antimalarial properties on the ferriprotoporphyrin (FP) IX biocrystallization inhibition test (FBIT). The theoretical predictions were in agreement with the experimental results. In the assayed test compound C5 resulted more active than chloroquine. The current result illustrates the usefulness of the TOMOCOMD-CARDD strategy in rational antimalarial-drug design, at the time that it introduces a new family of organic compounds as starting point for the development of promising antimalarials.
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- Alina Montero-Torres
- Department of Drug Design, CBQ, Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
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Marrero-Ponce Y, Montero-Torres A, Zaldivar CR, Veitía MI, Peréz MM, Sánchez RNG. Non-stochastic and stochastic linear indices of the ‘molecular pseudograph’s atom adjacency matrix’: application to ‘in silico’ studies for the rational discovery of new antimalarial compounds. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 13:1293-304. [PMID: 15670938 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2004] [Revised: 11/05/2004] [Accepted: 11/05/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Malaria is one of the most deadly diseases, affecting million of people especially in developing countries. Because of the rapidly increasing threat worldwide of malaria epidemics multidrugs resistant to therapies, there is an urgent global need to discover new classes of antimalarial compounds. In an effort to overcome this problem, we have investigated the use of structure-based classification models for the 'rational' selection/identification or design/optimization of new lead antimalarials from virtual combinatorial data sets. In this sense, TOpological MOlecular COMputer Design strategy (TOMOCOMD approach) has been introduced in order to obtain two quantitative models for the discrimination of antimalarials. A collected data set containing 597 antimalarial compounds is presented as a helpful tool not only for theoretical chemist but for other researchers in this area. The validated models (including non-stochastic and stochastic indices) classify correctly more than 90% of compounds in both training and external prediction data sets. They showed high Matthews' correlation coefficients; 0.87 and 0.82 for training and 0.86 and 0.79 for test set. The TOMOCOMD-CARDD approach implemented in this work was successfully compared with two of the most useful models for antimalarials selection reported so far. Thus we expect that these two QSAR models can be used in the identification of previously un-known antimalarials compounds.
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- Yovani Marrero-Ponce
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical-Pharmacy. Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara, 54830 Villa Clara, Cuba
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- Vijay K Kapoor
- University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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Malaria is the number one infectious disease in the world today. Worldwide, over two million people die each year from malaria. This shocking reality is largely due to the emergence of drug resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide isolated from Artemesia annua has been shown to be a fast acting, safe and effective drug against multidrug-resistant and sensitive strains of P. falciparum. This article reports a survey of the literature dealing with artemisinin related antimalarial issues that have appeared from 1980s to the beginning of 2003. A broad range of medical and pharmaceutical disciplines is covered, including a brief introduction about discovery, phytochemical aspects, antimalarial mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, and major drawbacks and various structural modifications made to overcome them.
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- Dharmarajan Sriram
- Pharmacy Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-333 031, Rajasthan, India
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Berrien JF, Provot O, Mayrargue J, Coquillay M, Cicéron L, Gay F, Danis M, Robert A, Meunier B. Alkylation of manganese(II) tetraphenylporphyrin by a synthetic antimalarial trioxane. Org Biomol Chem 2003; 1:2859-64. [PMID: 12968336 DOI: 10.1039/b302835f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis and the antimalarial activity of a new kind of polycyclic 1,2,4-trioxanes are reported. The alkylation of the heme model MnIITPP by the biologically active (IC 50 = 320 nmol L-1) hemiperketal 2 is presented.
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- Jean-François Berrien
- UMR 8076 BioCIS, Faculté de Pharmacie, rue J.-B. Clément, F-92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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Mechanism-based rational design and gram-scale chemical synthesis have produced some new trioxane and endoperoxide antimalarial drug candidates that are efficacious and safe. This review summarises recent achievements in this area of peroxide drug development for malaria chemotherapy.
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- Kristina Borstnik
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685, USA
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Binh PD, Cong LD, Nhu TV, Tien NT, Nhan DH, Bégué JP, Bonnet-Delpon D, Thanh Nga TT. The effect of 10 alpha-trifluoromethylhydroartemisinin on Plasmodium berghei infection and its toxicity in experimental animals. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002; 96:677-83. [PMID: 12625149 DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90350-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The antimalarial activity of 10 alpha-trifluoromethylhydroartemisinin (TFMHA) was compared to that of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) in the Plamodium berghei mouse model. Treatment with TFMHA in mice infected with a P. berghei chloroquine-sensitive strain at 25 mg/kg for 3, 5, and 7 d, or DHA at the same dose for 7 d showed the parasite was eliminated from the host within 2.6 d. The radical cure and survival rates of these mice up to 60 d after infection were 90-100%. In mice infected with the P. berghei chloroquine-resistant strain, TFMHA used at 25 mg/kg/day for 3, 5, or 7 d reduced parasitaemia within 2 d. The radical cure and survival rates of these animals up to 60 d after infection were 30, 60, and 90% for the 3 treatment durations respectively. In contrast, DHA only had an inhibitory effect on the growth of the parasite within the first few days of treatment and could not eliminate the parasite even after 7 d of treatment. There was a 100% relapse and all mice died within 28 d after infection. The acute toxicity of TFMHA as determined by the median lethal dose (LD50) in mice treated orally was 820 mg/kg. In rabbits, TFMHA given orally at 20 mg/kg once daily for 28 successive days had no effect on the bodyweight, haematological, biochemical, histopathological and electrocardiogram parameters. The results showed that TFMHA is an effective antimalarial drug with a low level of toxicity.
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- Phan Dang Binh
- Research and Malaria Treatment Laboratory, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Ha Noi, Viet Nam.
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Chorki F, Crousse B, Bonnet-delpon D, Bégué J, Brigaud T, Portella C. C-10-Fluorinated derivatives of dihydroartemisinin: difluoromethylene ketones. Tetrahedron Lett 2001; 42:1487-9. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)02272-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Two series of 10-substituted deoxoartemisinin derivatives have been synthesized. The first employed the reaction of dihydroartemisinin acetate with several silyl enol ethers in the presence of titanium tetrachloride. The second utilized the reaction of 10-(2-oxoethyl)deoxoartemisinin with several Grignard reagents. The in vitro antimalarial activities of both series were determined against two drug-resistant clones of P. falciparum. The activities of 13 beta and 15 beta were 5-7 times greater than that of artemisinin.
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- J Ma
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0510, USA
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A series of 14-substituted-artemisinin and 9-epiartemisinin derivatives was prepared by a titanium-tetrachloride catalyzed addition of trimethylsilyl enol ethers to artemisitene. Several compounds were four to seven times more active than artemisinin against Plasmodium falciparum.
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- J Ma
- Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, NIDDK, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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A series of N-substituted 11-azaartemisinins were prepared in high yield employing base-catalyzed additions to an amide nitrogen of olefins and terminal acetylenes conjugated with electron withdrawing groups (EWGs). When the terminal acetylene was conjugated with carbomethoxy, N,N-dimethyl amide or carbonyl groups, the E-adducts resulted. A mixture of E- and Z-adducts were obtained when the EWG was a nitrile. In vitro antimalarial activities of each compound were determined against two drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Many of the compounds prepared were several times more active than artemisinin.
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- B Mekonnen
- NIMH, Laboratory of Neurotoxicology, Bethesda, MD 20892-5100, USA
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Artemisinin is a promising and a potent antimalarial drug, which meets the dual challenge posed by drug-resistant parasites and rapid progression of malarial illness. This review article focuses on the progress achieved during the last years in the production of artemisinin from Artemisia annua. The structure, biosynthesis and analysis of artemisinin and its mode of action are described. The review also focuses on clinical studies, toxicity studies, pharmacokinetics and activity of artemisinin related compounds. The production strategies including organic synthesis, extraction from plants, in vitro cultures and alternative strategies for enhancing the yields are also discussed.
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- V Dhingra
- School of Biotechnology, Institute of Post Graduate Studies & Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Mahaveer marg, Hyderabad, India
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Several N-substituted 11-azaartemisinins were prepared from 11-azaartemisinin in high yield by the DMAP catalyzed addition of terminal acetylenes conjugated with electron-withdrawing groups. Their antimalarial activities against two drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum were determined.
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- E Katz
- Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness Ziona, Israel
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Avery MA, Alvim-gaston M, Woolfrey JR. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of peroxidic antimalarials based on artemisinin. Elsevier; 1999. pp. 125-217. [DOI: 10.1016/s1067-5698(99)80005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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P. Sharma R, K. Bhattacharya A. Recent Developments on the Chemistry and Biological Activity of Artemisinin and Related Antimalarials — An Update. HETEROCYCLES 1999. [DOI: 10.3987/rev-98-505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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