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Synthesis of novel quinine analogs and evaluation of their effects on Trypanosoma cruzi

Overview of attention for article published in Future Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018
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Title
Synthesis of novel quinine analogs and evaluation of their effects on Trypanosoma cruzi
Published in
Future Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018
DOI 10.4155/fmc-2017-0184
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Authors

Ligia F Ceole, Hirenkumar Gandhi, Luz H Villamizar, Maurilio J Soares, Timothy P O'Sullivan

Abstract

Chagas disease is a tropical disease caused by the hemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. There is no vaccine for Chagas disease and available drugs (e.g., benznidazole) are effective only during the acute phase, displaying a variable curative activity in the established chronic form of the disease. New leads with high efficacy and better toxicity profiles are urgently required. Materials & methods: A library of novel quinine derivatives was synthesized using Heck chemistry and evaluated against the various developmental forms of T. cruzi. Several novel quinine analogs with trypanocidal activity have been identified with the para-nitro-substituted derivative displaying a submicromolar IC50, which is 83-times lower than quinine and three-times lower than benznidazole. Transmission electron microscopy analysis demonstrated that these compounds induced a marked vacuolization of the kinetoplast of intracellular amastigotes and cell-derived trypomastigotes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 39%
Student > Bachelor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Student > Postgraduate 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 39%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 5 28%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 6%
Design 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 6 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 July 2019.
All research outputs
#8,478,408
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Future Medicinal Chemistry
#375
of 1,194 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#161,053
of 449,219 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Future Medicinal Chemistry
#7
of 18 outputs
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