Abstract
Malaria remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases worldwide and continues to infect hundreds of millions of individuals each year. Here we report the discovery and derivatization of a series of 2,6-dibenzylidenecyclohexanones targeting the chloroquine-sensitive 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum. While the initial lead compound displayed significant toxicity in a human cell proliferation assay, we were able to identify a derivative with no detectable toxicity and sub-micromolar potency.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 128216 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 47 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Bill and Linda Frost Fund at California Polytechnic State University (no associated grant number).
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- 2,6-Dibenzylidenecyclohexanone
- Malaria
- Michael system
- Plasmodium falciparum
- Structure activity relationship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Medicine
- Molecular Biology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Organic Chemistry