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Ivan P O'Shea1, Mohammed Shahed1, Benjamín Aguilera-Venegas2, Shane R Wilkinson3.
Abstract
The growth-inhibitory properties of a 5-nitrothiazole series were evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei. A subset of related compounds displayed the greatest potency toward the parasite while exhibiting little cytotoxic effect on mammalian cells, with this antiparasitic activity dependent on expression of a type I nitroreductase by the trypanosome. We conclude that the 5-nitrothiazole class of nitroheterocyclic drugs may represent a new lead in the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26596950 PMCID: PMC4750693 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02006-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191