Design and synthesis of aryloxyethyl thiocyanate derivatives as potent inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi proliferation

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1826-1840

  Szajnman, Sergio H ^a   Yan, Wen ^b   Bailey, Brian N ^b   Docampo, Roberto ^b   Elhalem, Eleonora ^a   Rodriguez, Juan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 PHENOXYPHENYLTHIO)ETHYL THIOCYANIC ACID; 2 BROMO 4 PHENOXYPHENOXYETHYL THIOCYANIC ACID; 2 IODO 4 PHENOXYPHENOXYETHYL 4 THIOCYANIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYETHYL THIOCYANIC ACID; 4 (2 METHYLPHENOXY)PHENOXYETHYL THIOCYANIC ACID; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DRUG DESIGN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIOCYANATES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034030531     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9905007     Document Type: Article

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