Conjugation of quinones with natural polyamines: Toward an expanded antitrypanosomatid profile

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 10490-10500

  Lizzi, Federica ^a   Veronesi, Giacomo ^a   Belluti, Federica ^a   Bergamini, Christian ^a   López Sánchez, Almudena ^b   Kaiser, Marcel ^c,d   Brun, Reto ^c,d   Krauth Siegel, R Luise ^e   Hall, Dennis G ^f   Rivas, Luis ^b   Bolognesi, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [4 [(5 AMINOPENTYLAMINO)METHYL]PHENOXY]ANTHRACENE 1,4 DIONE TRIFLUOROACETATE; 2 [4 [(5 AMINOPENTYLAMINO)METHYL]PHENOXY]NAPHTHALENE 1,4 DIONE TRIFLUOROACETATE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CADAVERINE; POLYAMINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; TRYPANOTHIONE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IC 50; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; POLYAMINES; QUINONES; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84870982814     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm301112z     Document Type: Article

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