2,5-bis[4-(N-alkylamidino)phenyl]furans as anti-Pneumocystis carinii agents

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 124-129

  Boykin, David W ^a   Kumar, Arvind ^a   Xiao, Ge ^a   Wilson, W David ^a   Bender, Brendan C ^b   McCurdy, Donald R ^b   Hall, James Edwin ^b,c   Tidwell, Richard R ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,5 BIS[4 (N CYCLOPENTYLAMIDINO)PHENYL]FURAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; FURAN DERIVATIVE; PENTAMIDINE; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DNA BINDING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; FURANS; MICROCHEMISTRY; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLY DA-DT; RATS;

EID: 0031942251     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm970570i     Document Type: Article

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