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Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones

A series of eight substituted bis-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives was synthesized through lawsone condensation with various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes under mild acidic conditions. The title compounds were evaluated for antileishmanial activity in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis...

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Autores principales: de Araújo, Morgana V., de Souza, Patricia S. O., de Queiroz, Aline C., da Matta, Carolina B. B., Leite, Anderson Brandão, da Silva, Amanda Evelyn, de França, José A. A., Silva, Tania M. S., Camara, Celso A., Alexandre-Moreira, Magna S.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6271274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247686
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190915180
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author de Araújo, Morgana V.
de Souza, Patricia S. O.
de Queiroz, Aline C.
da Matta, Carolina B. B.
Leite, Anderson Brandão
da Silva, Amanda Evelyn
de França, José A. A.
Silva, Tania M. S.
Camara, Celso A.
Alexandre-Moreira, Magna S.
author_facet de Araújo, Morgana V.
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description A series of eight substituted bis-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives was synthesized through lawsone condensation with various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes under mild acidic conditions. The title compounds were evaluated for antileishmanial activity in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes; six compounds showed good activity without significant toxic effects. The compound with the highest activity was used for an in vivo assay with Leishmania amazonensis.
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spelling pubmed-62712742018-12-27 Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones de Araújo, Morgana V. de Souza, Patricia S. O. de Queiroz, Aline C. da Matta, Carolina B. B. Leite, Anderson Brandão da Silva, Amanda Evelyn de França, José A. A. Silva, Tania M. S. Camara, Celso A. Alexandre-Moreira, Magna S. Molecules Article A series of eight substituted bis-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives was synthesized through lawsone condensation with various aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes under mild acidic conditions. The title compounds were evaluated for antileishmanial activity in vitro against Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes; six compounds showed good activity without significant toxic effects. The compound with the highest activity was used for an in vivo assay with Leishmania amazonensis. MDPI 2014-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6271274/ /pubmed/25247686 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190915180 Text en © 2014 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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de Araújo, Morgana V.
de Souza, Patricia S. O.
de Queiroz, Aline C.
da Matta, Carolina B. B.
Leite, Anderson Brandão
da Silva, Amanda Evelyn
de França, José A. A.
Silva, Tania M. S.
Camara, Celso A.
Alexandre-Moreira, Magna S.
Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title_full Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title_fullStr Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title_short Synthesis, Leishmanicidal Activity and Theoretical Evaluations of a Series of Substituted bis-2-Hydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinones
title_sort synthesis, leishmanicidal activity and theoretical evaluations of a series of substituted bis-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6271274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247686
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules190915180
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