Teratology investigates the origins of congenital disabilities, often linked to environmental factors such as ethanol (EtOH) exposure. Ethanol at 150 μM has been associated with teratogenic effects, oxidative stress, immunological responses, and endocrine disruptions. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) arises from maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, leading to developmental delays and cognitive impairment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). To date, thousands of people have lost their lives annually due to HIV infection, and it continues to be a big public health issue globally. Since the discovery of the first drug, Zidovudine (AZT), a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI), to date, 30 drugs have been approved by the FDA, primarily targeting reverse transcriptase, integrase, and/or protease enzymes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetes mellitus is an ongoing disease that is related to a high mortality rate due to severe complications. Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) is a persistent metabolic deficiency and its prevalence has been increasing consistently worldwide. As a result, it is rapidly turning into a plague in some parts of the world, and the number of people affected is expected to double in the following decade due to an increase in the maturing populace, adding to the overall existing importance for medical service providers, particularly in the underdeveloped nations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a deadly virus that attacks the body's immune system, subsequently leading to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) and ultimately death. Currently, there is no vaccine or effective cure for this infection; however, antiretrovirals that act at various phases of the virus life cycle have been useful to control the viral load in patients. One of the major problems with antiretroviral therapies involves drug resistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe novel coronavirus originated in December 2019 in Hubei, China. This contagious disease named as COVID-19 resulted in a massive expansion within 6 months by spreading to more than 213 countries. Despite the availability of antiviral drugs for the treatment of various viral infections, it was concluded by the WHO that there is no medicine to treat novel CoV, SARS-CoV-2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwenty-seven hybridized pyrazolone analogs were designed, docked, synthesized in two series and evaluated for their in vitro antimycobacterial properties. In the first series, four Schiff base derivatives, 6b, 7b, 7h, and 7i, show good antitubercular activity with minimum inhibition concentration (MIC) values in the range of 32.56-42.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the present study, an efficient synthesis of some Mannich base of 5-methyl-2-[(2-oxo-2H-chromen-3-yl)carbonyl]-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one (4a-j) have been described by using conventional and non-conventional (microwave) techniques. Microwave assisted reactions showed that require shorter reaction time and good yield. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for their anti-inflammatory, analgesic activity, antioxidant, and antibacterial effects were compared with standard drug.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA series of 4-aryl/alkylsulfonylmethylcoumarins have been synthesized and screened for in vitro antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv (MTB). Four of the compounds showed MIC in the range of 0.78-3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious 3-nitropropionamides were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro activities against log and starved phase culture of two mycobacterial species and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isocitrate lyase (ICL) enzyme inhibition studies. Among 22 compounds, 1-cyclopropyl-7-(3,5-dimethyl-4-(3-nitropropanoyl)piperazin-1-yl)-6-fluoro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (22) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MICs of 0.16 and 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious 5-nitro-2-furoic acid hydrazones were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro activities against log and starved phase culture of two mycobacterial species and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isocitrate lyase (ICL) enzyme inhibition studies. Among twenty one compounds, 5-nitro-N'-[(5-nitro-2-furyl)methylidene]-2-furohydrazide (4o) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MICs of 2.65 and 10.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFourteen 5-nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinecarboxamides (3a-n) were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)), as well as their cytotoxicity and MTB isocitrate lyase (ICL) inhibition activity. 1-Cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-8-methoxy-7-(3-methyl)-4-[(5-nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinyl)carbonyl]piperazino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid (3n) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MICs of < 0.17 and 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwenty four novel 2-[3-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-4-oxo-3,4-dihydro-1-phthalazinyl]acetic acid amides were synthesized from phthalic anhydride and were subjected to in vitro and in vivo evaluation against log- and starved phase of mycobacterial species and Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase enzyme inhibition studies. Among the compounds screened, 2-(2-(4-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1,2-dihydro-1-oxophthalazin-4-yl)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)acetamide (5j) inhibited all eight mycobacterial species with MIC's ranging from 0.08 to 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNineteen 5-nitrothiazolylthiosemicarbazones were synthesized from 5-nitrothiazole by three-step synthesis and evaluated for in vitro activities against seven mycobacterial species. Among them, N-(5-nitro-1, 3-thiazol-2-yl)-2-((Z)-4-[(phenylmethyl)oxy]phenylmethylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide (4m) was found to be the most active compound with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.23 microM against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Rv, and was three times more potent than isoniazid and equally active as rifampicin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn efficient synthesis of 1-methyl-3-[(E)-arylmethylidene]tetrahydro-4(1H)-pyridinones was achieved by the reaction of 1-methyl-4-piperidone and aromatic aldehydes in the presence of pyrrolidine under solvent-free microwave irradiation. These dipolarophiles upon cycloaddition with nitrile oxide and azomethine ylides afford stereoselectively novel spiro-isoxazolines, pyrrolizines and pyrrolidines respectively in excellent yields. The spiro compounds were screened for their in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids
February 2009
Twelve novel zidovudine derivatives were prepared by modifying 5 '-hydroxyl group of sugar moiety (1-8) and 5-methyl group of thymidine nucleus (9-12) and characterized spectrally. The compounds were evaluated for anti-HIV-1, antitubercular and antibacterial activities. Compound (3-azido-tetrahydro-5- (3,4-dihydro-5-methyl-2,4-dioxopyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)furan-2-yl)methyl 7-(4-(2-phenylacetoyloxy)-3,5- dimethylpiperazin-1-yl)-5-(2-phenylacetoyloxyamino)-1-cyclopropyl-6,8-difluoro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylate (5) was found to be the most potent anti-HIV-1 agent with EC(50) of 0.
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February 2009
Fifty one newer 1-(cyclopropyl/2,4-difluorophenyl/tert-butyl)-1,4-dihydro-8-methyl-6-nitro-4-oxo-7-(substituted secondary amino)quinoline-3-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 1,3-dichloro-2-methylbenzene and evaluated for in-vitro antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)). Among the synthesized compounds, 1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-7-(3,4-dihydro-6,7-dimethoxyisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)-8-methyl-6-nitro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid 9p was found to be the most active compound in vitro with a MIC value of 0.39 microM against MTB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEighteen 5-nitrofuran-2-yl derivatives were prepared by reacting 5-nitro-2-furfural with various (sub)phenyl/pyridyl thiosemicarbazide using microwave irradiation. The compounds were tested for their in vitro activity against tubercular and various non-tubercular mycobacterium species in log-phase and 6-week-starved cultures. Compound N-(3,5-dibromopyridin-2-yl)-2-((5-nitrofuran-2-yl)methylene)hydrazinecarbothioamide (4r) was found to be the most potent compound (MIC: 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThirty four novel 7-fluoro/nitro-1,2-dihydro-5-oxo-8-(sub)-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline-4-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid and 2,4-dichloro-5-fluoroacetophenone by multi step reaction, evaluated for in vitro and in vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC2) and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from M. smegmatis. Among the synthesized compounds, 8-[6-[[(1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]amino]-3-azabicyclo[3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn atom economic and stereoselective synthesis of several spiro-piperidin-4-ones through 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides generated in situ from isatin and alpha-amino acids viz . proline, phenylglycine, and sarcosine to a series of 1-methyl-3,5-bis[(E)-arylmethylidene]tetrahydro-4(1H)-pyridinones is described. These compounds were evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious 1-(substituted)-1,4-dihydro-6-nitro-4-oxo-7-(sub-secondary amino)-quinoline-3-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 2,4-dichlorobenzoic acid by six step synthesis. The compounds were evaluated for antimycobacterial in vitro and in vivo against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)) and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from M. smegmatis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral newer 6-fluoro/nitro-4-oxo-7-(sub)-4H-[1,3]thiazeto[3,2-a]quinoline-3-carboxylic acids (10-11a-q) were synthesised from 3,4-difluoro aniline and 3-fluoro-4-nitro aniline by nine-step synthesis. The compounds were evaluated for in vitro and in vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC2) as well as being tested for their ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from M.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious 2-(sub)-3-fluoro/nitro-5,12-dihydro-5-oxobenzothiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid derivatives were synthesized from 2-aminothiophenol by a five-step reaction, evaluated for in-vitro and in-vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC2), and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from M. smegmatis. Among the thirty-four synthesized compounds, 2-(3-(diethylcarbamoyl)piperidin-1-yl)-)-3-fluoro-5,12-dihydro-5-oxobenzothiazolo[3,2-a]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid (7l) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MIC of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBioorg Med Chem
March 2008
Thirty-four newer 1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-6-fluoro-7-(substituted secondary amino)-8-methoxy-5-(sub)-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 1,2,3,4-tetrafluoro benzene and evaluated for in vitro and in vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)) and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase. Among the synthesized compounds, 7-(1-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-5-nitro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (13n) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MIC of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSixteen novel 3-nitro-2-(sub)-5,12-dihydro-5-oxobenzothiazolo[3,2-a]-1,8-naphthyridine-6-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 2,6-dimethoxynicotinic acid and 2-aminothiophenol and evaluated for their antitubercular activities in vitro and in vivo against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37) Rv (MTB) and multi-drug resistant M. tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Among the synthesized compounds, 2-(1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThirty novel 9-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-8,10-(mono/di-sub)-3-methyl-8-nitro-7-oxo-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 2,3,4,5-tetrafluoro benzoic acid and evaluated for in vitro and in vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)) and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from mycobacteria. Among the synthesized compounds, 10-[2-carboxy-5,6-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-9-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-3-methyl-8-nitro-7-oxo-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MIC99 of 0.19 microM and 0.
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