| Literature DB >> 23623254 |
Kunal Kumar1, Divya Awasthi, Seung-Yub Lee, Jason E Cummings, Susan E Knudson, Richard A Slayden, Iwao Ojima.
Abstract
Francisella tularensis is a highly virulent pathogenic bacterium. In order to identify novel potential antibacterial agents against F. tularensis, libraries of trisubstituted benzimidazoles were screened against F. tularensis LVS strain. In a preliminary screening assay, remarkably, 23 of 2,5,6- and 2,5,7-trisubstituted benzimidazoles showed excellent activity exhibiting greater than 90% growth inhibition at 1 μg/mL. Among those hits, 21 compounds showed MIC90 values in the range of 0.35-48.6 μg/mL after accurate MIC determination. In ex vivo efficacy assays, four of these compounds exhibited 2-3log reduction in colony forming units (CFU) per mL at concentrations of 10 and 50 μg/mL.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23623254 PMCID: PMC3681959 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.02.059
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem ISSN: 0968-0896 Impact factor: 3.641