| Literature DB >> 17263523 |
Sandra Gemma1, Giuseppe Campiani, Stefania Butini, Gagan Kukreja, Bhupendra P Joshi, Marco Persico, Bruno Catalanotti, Ettore Novellino, Ernesto Fattorusso, Vito Nacci, Luisa Savini, Donatella Taramelli, Nicoletta Basilico, Giulia Morace, Vanessa Yardley, Caterina Fattorusso.
Abstract
Identification of new molecular scaffolds structurally unrelated to known antimalarials may represent a valid strategy to overcome resistance of P. falciparum (Pf) to currently available drugs. We describe herein the investigation of a new polycyclic pharmacophore, related to clotrimazole, to develop innovative antimalarial agents. This study allowed us to discover compounds characterized by a high in vitro potency, particularly against Pf CQ-resistant strains selectively targeting free heme, which are easy to synthesize by low-cost synthetic strategies.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17263523 DOI: 10.1021/jm061429p
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446