| Literature DB >> 17923172 |
Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço1, Marcelle de Lima Ferreira, Marcus Vinícius Nora de Souza, Mônica Amado Peralta, Thatyana Rocha Alves Vasconcelos, Maria das Graças M O Henriques.
Abstract
A series of 22 (E)-N'-(monosubstituted-benzylidene)isonicotinohydrazide derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv using Alamar Blue susceptibility test and the activity expressed as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in mug/mL. Compounds 2f, 2g, 2j, 2k and 2q exhibited a significant activity (0.31-0.62 microg/mL) when compared with first line drugs such as isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIP) and could be a good starting point to develop new lead compounds in the fight against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17923172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2007.08.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Med Chem ISSN: 0223-5234 Impact factor: 6.514