1. Academic Validation
  2. In pursuit of natural product leads: synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-[3-hydroxy-2-[(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]phenyl]benzoxazole-4-carboxylic acid (A-33853) and its analogues: discovery of N-(2-benzoxazol-2-ylphenyl)benzamides as novel antileishmanial chemotypes

In pursuit of natural product leads: synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-[3-hydroxy-2-[(3-hydroxypyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]phenyl]benzoxazole-4-carboxylic acid (A-33853) and its analogues: discovery of N-(2-benzoxazol-2-ylphenyl)benzamides as novel antileishmanial chemotypes

  • J Med Chem. 2008 Dec 11;51(23):7344-7. doi: 10.1021/jm801241n.
Suresh K Tipparaju 1 Sipak Joyasawal Marco Pieroni Marcel Kaiser Reto Brun Alan P Kozikowski
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Drug Discovery Program, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 S. Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Abstract

The first synthesis and biological evaluation of Antibiotic 31 (A-33853) and its analogues are reported. Initial screening for inhibition of L. donovani, T. b. rhodesiense, T. cruzi, and P. falciparum cultures followed by determination of IC(50) in L. donovani and cytotoxicity on L6 cells revealed 31 to be 3-fold more active than miltefosine, a known antileishmanial drug. Compounds 14, 15, and 25 selectively inhibited L. donovani at nanomolar concentrations and showed much lower cytotoxicity.

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