| Literature DB >> 32435364 |
Meir Touitou1,2, Fabrizio Manetti3, Camila Maringolo Ribeiro4, Fernando Rogerio Pavan4, Nicolò Scalacci1, Katarina Zrebna1, Neelu Begum5, Dorothy Semenya1, Antima Gupta6, Sanjib Bhakta6, Timothy D McHugh5, Hanoch Senderowitz2, Melina Kyriazi1, Daniele Castagnolo1.
Abstract
A series of N-phenyl-2,5-dimethylpyrrole derivatives, designed as hybrids of the antitubercular agents BM212 and SQ109, have been synthesized and evaluated against susceptible and drug-resistant mycobacteria strains. Compound 5d, bearing a cyclohexylmethylene side chain, showed high potency against M. tuberculosis including MDR-TB strains at submicromolar concentrations. The new compound shows bacteriostatic activity and low toxicity and proved to be effective against intracellular mycobacteria too, showing an activity profile similar to isoniazid.Entities:
Year: 2019 PMID: 32435364 PMCID: PMC7236041 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00515
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345