Antibacterial activity of new substituted 4-N-alkylated-2-trifluoromethyl-quinoline analogues against sensitive and resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.

Objectives: The emergence of resistant strain has aggravated the tuberculosis situation in the world, running out of control and hard to fight. We evaluate forty new quinoline analogues against sensitive and resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).

Methods: The compounds were obtained via synthesis and evaluated against sensitive strain ATCC 27294.

In vitro Assessment of Camphor Hydrazone Derivatives as an Agent Against Leishmania amazonensis.

Purpose: Due to serious problems with the treatment of leishmaniasis all around the world, here is an urgent need in the search for new drugs that are more effective and safer for the treatment of the various forms of leishmaniasis. Actual therapy is limited and lacks sufficient efficacy due to incomplete elimination of the parasites form of patients. In this sense, we decided to evaluate, by first-time, a series of seventeen camphor hydrazone derivatives (2a-2p) against Leishmania amazonensis.

2,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)quinoline analogs show improved anti-Zika virus activity, compared to mefloquine.

Zika virus (ZIKV), an arthropod-born Flavivirus, has been associated with a wide range of neurological diseases in adults, foetuses and neonates. Since no vaccine is available, repurposing of antiviral drugs currently in medical use is necessary. Mefloquine has confirmed anti-ZIKV activity.