Bis-cationic heteroaromatics as macrofilaricides: Synthesis of Bis- amidine and bis-guanylhydrazone derivatives of substituted imidazol[1,2- a]pyridines

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 4317-4328

  Sundberg, Richard J ^a   Biswas, Sujay ^a   Murthi, Krishna Kumar ^a   Rowe, Donna ^a   McCall, John W ^b   Dzimianski, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PHENYLIMIDAZO[1,2 A]PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BISAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; BISGUANYLHYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FILARIASIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; RNA PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; DIPETALONEMA; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; GERBILLINAE; HYDRAZONES; MALE; PYRIDINES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032561411     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9803368     Document Type: Article

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