Issue 9, 2015

Synthesis of carboxyimidamide-substituted benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazoles and their analogs, and evaluation of biological activity against Leishmania donovani

Abstract

A facile synthesis route to carboxyimidamide-substituted benzoxadiazoles and related derivatives was developed. A total of 25 derivatives were synthesized. They were evaluated for antileishmanial activity by inhibition of Leishmania donovani axenic amastigote growth using a fluorescent viability microplate assay. The most promising derivative (14) demonstrated an antileishmanial EC50 of 4.0 μM, and it also showed activity in infected macrophages (EC50 5.92 μM) without signs of cytotoxicity.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of carboxyimidamide-substituted benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazoles and their analogs, and evaluation of biological activity against Leishmania donovani

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Article type
Concise Article
Submitted
26 Mar 2015
Accepted
29 Jul 2015
First published
07 Aug 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Med. Chem. Commun., 2015,6, 1673-1678

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Synthesis of carboxyimidamide-substituted benzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazoles and their analogs, and evaluation of biological activity against Leishmania donovani

L. Keurulainen, M. Heiskari, S. Nenonen, A. Nasereddin, D. Kopelyanskiy, T. O. Leino, J. Yli-Kauhaluoma, C. L. Jaffe and P. Kiuru, Med. Chem. Commun., 2015, 6, 1673 DOI: 10.1039/C5MD00119F

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