1. Synthesis, antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity of 2,3-diaryl- and 2,3,8-trisubstituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines.
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Marchand P, Bazin MA, Pagniez F, Rivière G, Bodero L, Marhadour S, Nourrisson MR, Picot C, Ruchaud S, Bach S, Baratte B, Sauvain M, Pareja DC, Vaisberg AJ, and Le Pape P
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- Animals, Antiprotozoal Agents chemical synthesis, Antiprotozoal Agents chemistry, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Humans, Imidazoles chemical synthesis, Imidazoles chemistry, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Molecular Structure, Pyrazines chemical synthesis, Pyrazines chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationship, Antiprotozoal Agents pharmacology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Imidazoles pharmacology, Leishmania major drug effects, Macrophages drug effects, Pyrazines pharmacology
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A series of original 2-phenyl-3-(pyridin-4-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines and the 3-iodo precursors, bearing a polar moiety at the C-8 position, was synthesized and evaluated for their antileishmanial activities. Two derivatives exhibited very good activity against the promastigote and the amastigote forms of Leishmania major in the micromolar to submicromolar ranges, coupled with a low cytotoxicity against macrophages and 3T3 mouse fibroblast cells. Through LmCK1 inhibition assay, investigations of the putative molecular target of these promising antileishmanial compounds will be discussed., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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