Novel lead structures for antimalarial farnesyltransferase inhibitors

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 323-327

  Kettler, K ^a   Sakowski, J ^a   Wiesner, J ^b   Ortmann, R ^a   Jomaa, H ^b   Schlitzer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; N [4 (BENZYLAMINOSULFONYL)PHENYL] 3 [5 (4 NITROPHENYL) 2 FURYL]ACRYLIC ACID AMIDE; N [4 (PHENYLAMINOSULFONYL)PHENYL] 3 [5 (4 NITROPHENYL) 2 FURYL]ACRYLIC ACID AMIDE; N [4 (PHENYLETHYLAMINOSULFONYL)PHENYL] 3 [5 (4 NITROPHENYL) 2 FURYL]ACRYLIC ACID AMIDE; NITROPHENYLFURYLACRYLOYL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINES; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 18744381869     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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