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2. Kinase Inhibitors Can Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Mpro: A Theoretical Study
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Acharya, BN, primary
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- 2020
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3. Amodiaquine as COVID-19 Mpro Inhibitor: A Theoretical Study
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Acharya, BN, primary
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- 2020
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4. Pyriproxyfen treated surface exposure exhibits reproductive disruption in dengue vector Aedes aegypti
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Yadav, Kavita, primary, Dhiman, Sunil, additional, Acharya, BN, additional, Ghorpade, Rama Rao, additional, and Sukumaran, Devanathan, additional
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- 2019
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5. Identification of 2,4-Diaminoquinazoline Derivative as a Potential Small-Molecule Inhibitor against Chikungunya and Ross River Viruses.
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Saha A, Acharya BN, Parida M, Saxena N, Rajaiya J, and Dash PK
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- Humans, Ross River virus, Cell Line, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Quinazolines pharmacology, Virus Replication, Chikungunya Fever, Chikungunya virus physiology
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Alphaviruses are serious zoonotic threats responsible for significant morbidity, causing arthritis or encephalitis. So far, no licensed drugs or vaccines are available to combat alphaviral infections. About 300,000 chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infections have been reported in 2023, with more than 300 deaths, including reports of a few cases in the USA as well. The discovery and development of small-molecule drugs have been revolutionized over the last decade. Here, we employed a cell-based screening approach using a series of in-house small-molecule libraries to test for their ability to inhibit CHIKV replication. DCR 137, a quinazoline derivative, was found to be the most potent inhibitor of CHIKV replication in our screening assay. Both, the cytopathic effect, and immunofluorescence of infected cells were reduced in a dose-dependent manner with DCR 137 post-treatment. Most importantly, DCR 137 was more protective than the traditional ribavirin drug and reduced CHIKV plaque-forming units by several log units. CHIKV-E2 protein levels were also reduced in a dose-dependent manner. Further, DCR 137 was probed for its antiviral activity against another alphavirus, the Ross River virus, which revealed effective inhibition of viral replication. These results led to the identification of a potential quinazoline candidate for future optimization that might act as a pan-alphavirus inhibitor.
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- 2023
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6. Deltamethrin Contact Exposure Mediated Toxicity and Histopathological Aberrations in Tissue Systems of Public Health Importance Cockroach Species Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica .
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Dhiman S, Yadav K, Acharya BN, Nagar DP, and Rao Ghorpade R
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Cockroach species Periplaneta americana and Blattella germanica potentially survive in locations close to human activity. Besides spoiling food material, cockroaches also transfer pathogens of different diseases among human beings. Since the insecticides have been used extensively to control cockroaches, information on their insecticide susceptibility and toxicity at the cellular level may be crucial. In the study, deltamethrin toxicity as well as the deltamethrin-mediated cytomorphological changes in the brain, ovary and midgut of the two important cockroach species have been assessed. Different concentrations [0.00025% (0.0025 mg/ml), 0.0025% (0.025 mg/ml), 0.025% (0.25 mg/ml), 0.25% (2.5 mg/ml), 0.5% (5 mg/ml), 1% (10 mg/ml)] of deltamethrin in acetone were used to expose test species in WHO bottle assay. Knockdown was recorded after 5 min interval while delayed mortality was observed after 24 h. Brain, ovary and gut were dissected post 1 h exposure and 24 h holding (for 0.25, 0.5 and 1% concentration), and tissues were processed for microscopic analysis. Deltamethrin exposed cockroaches and dissected tissues were used to estimate deltamethrin using HPLC. At 0.00025% (lowest concentration), the percentage knock-down observed was 66.7% for P. americana and 80% B. germanica respectively ( R
2 = 0.78; p = 0.0001) in 1 h. KDT50 value was found to be 8.7 min (95% CI: 7.3-10.2), while KDT99 was 20.7 min (95% CI: 16.0-35.7) in P. americana at 1% concentration. Whereas, the KDT50 and KDT99 values for B. germanica were 7.4 min (95% CI: 5.4-9.1) and 27.4 min (95% CI: 18.2-80.0) at a similar concentration. LD50 and LD95 values (for 60 min standard exposure) were 0.0006% (95% CI: 0.00-0.001) and 0.034% (95% CI: 0.013-0.49) respectively for P. americana , while these values were 0.0005 (95% CI: 0.00-0.001) and 0.04 (95% CI: 0.01-0.23) for B. germanica. Exposure to 1% deltamethrin induced a considerable toxic effect in the epithelial cells in the midgut. HPLC estimated 0.21 ± 0.05 mg (95% CI: 0.18-0.25; CoV 23.9%) deltamethrin in P. americana post 1% exposure. Even short term exposure to a low concentration of synthetic pyrethroid deltamethrin displayed immediate knockdown and delayed mortality in both the test species. Considerable histological damage was observed in both the insects at 1% exposure. In India, resistance to deltamethrin may have been reported among different insects due to its extensive use. However, the formulations such as insecticide paints, attractant baits etc. developed using deltamethrin as an active ingredient could be useful in cockroach control operations., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Dhiman, Yadav, Acharya, Nagar and Rao Ghorpade.)- Published
- 2022
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7. Deltamethrin Microencapsulation in Emulsion Paint Binder and Its Long-Term Efficacy Against Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti .
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Acharya BN, Ahirwar R, Dhiman S, Yadav K, Pandey P, and Sukumaran D
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- Animals, Emulsions, Insecticide Resistance, Mosquito Vectors, Nitriles, Paint, Pyrethrins, Aedes, Dengue prevention & control
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Various control interventions have been effective in the control of arthropod vectors to a certain extent; still, sustained vector control is an existing problem globally. Insecticide-based formulations have been found to be useful, however the proper delivery of active molecules to target vectors is important. Currently, synthetic pyrethroid deltamethrin (DM) has been microencapsulated in the emulsion paint binder and evaluated for long-term effectiveness against dengue vector Aedes aegypti . Different compositions of emulsion binder were prepared by varying the content of monomer and DM. A selection was made for the composition yielding the best combination of properties like solid content, intrinsic viscosity, and DM content. Developed formulation was tested against laboratory-reared and pathogen-free Ae. aegypti mosquitoes. Encapsulation of DM in emulsion binder during polymerization showed a uniform distribution. The optimized formulation was stable and did not have a considerable plasticizing effect. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that grain-like micro crystals of DM and surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SDS) were uniformly distributed on the formulation surface. The best optimized formulation was highly effective against dengue vector Ae. aegypti and found to provide efficacy for up to 18 months of application. The knockdown time (KDT) values KDT
10 and KDT50 were 7.4 min (95% CI: 5.6-9.1) and 22.1 min (95% CI: 19.7-24.3) respectively, whereas 24 h corrected mortality was 90% (95% CI: 82.5-97.5) after 18 months of application (T18). The probit model used to determine knockdown values did not deviate from the linearity and displayed normal distribution of knockdown % with time for different formulations ( p ≥ 0.1). Presently developed DM microencapsulated emulsion binder was stable, smooth, and uniform. The binder displayed excellent anti-insect property and was capable of providing long-term effectiveness against dengue vectors Ae. aegypti . Such a formulation after field-scale evaluation could be very useful in attaining long-term protection from arthropod vectors., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2021 Acharya, Ahirwar, Dhiman, Yadav, Pandey and Sukumaran.)- Published
- 2021
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8. Behavioural response of mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti, Anopheles stephensi and Culex quinquefasciatus to synthetic pyrethroid and organophosphorus-based slow-release insecticidal paint.
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Dhiman S, Yadav K, Acharya BN, Ahirwar RK, and Sukumaran D
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- Aedes drug effects, Animals, Anopheles drug effects, Cohort Studies, Culex drug effects, Female, Insect Repellents pharmacology, Insecticides chemistry, Organophosphorus Compounds pharmacology, Pyrethrins pharmacology, Aedes physiology, Anopheles physiology, Behavior, Animal drug effects, Culex physiology, Insecticides pharmacology, Mosquito Control methods, Paint
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Background: The direct toxicological impact of insecticides on vector mosquitoes has been well emphasized; however, behavioural responses such as excito-repellency and physical avoidance as a result of insecticide exposure have not been much studied. We have demonstrated the excito-repellency and behavioural avoidance in certain vector mosquito species on exposure to a slow-release insecticidal paint (SRIP) formulation in addition to direct toxicity., Methods: A SRIP formulation developed by the Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, contains chlorpyriphos, deltamethrin and pyriproxyfen as active insecticides. Anopheles stephensi, Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were used to study the excito-repellency response of the formulation. The experiments were performed in a specially designed dual-choice exposure and escape chamber made of transparent polymethyl methacrylate. For the experiments, the SRIP formulation was applied undiluted at a rate of 8 m
2 per kg on 15 cm2 metallic surfaces. Mosquitoes were introduced into the exposure chamber, and observations of the movement of mosquitoes into the escape chamber through the exit portal were taken at 1-min intervals for up to 30 min., Results: The evaluated formulation displayed strong excito-repellency against all three tested vector mosquito species. Results showed that the ET50 (escape time 50%) for Ae. aegypti, An. stephensi and Cx. quinquefasciatus was 20.9 min, 14.5 min and 17.9 min for contact exposure (CE) respectively. Altogether in CE, the escape rates were stronger in An. stephensi mosquitoes at different time intervals compared to Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes. The probit analysis revealed that the determined ET did not deviate from linearity for both non-contact exposure (NCE) and placebo exposure (PE) (χ2 ≤ 7.9; p = 1.0) for Ae. aegypti mosquitoes and for NCE (χ2 = 8.3; p = 1.0) and PE (χ2 = 1.7; p = 1.0) treatments in Cx. quinquefasciatus. Mortality (24 h) was found to be statistically higher (F = 6.4; p = 0.02) in An. stephensi for CE but did not vary for NCE (p ≥ 0.3) and PE (p = 0.6) treatments among the tested mosquito species. Survival probability response suggested that all the three tested species displayed similar survival responses for similar exposures (χ2 ≤ 2.3; p ≥ 0.1)., Conclusion: The study demonstrates the toxicity and strong behavioural avoidance in known vector mosquito species on exposure to an insecticide-based paint formulation. The combination of insecticides in the present formulation will broaden the overall impact spectrum for protecting users from mosquito bites. The efficacy data generated in the study provide crucial information on the effectiveness of the tested formulation and could be useful in reducing the transmission intensity and disease risk in endemic countries.- Published
- 2021
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9. Development of nsP2 protease based cell free high throughput screening assay for evaluation of inhibitors against emerging Chikungunya virus.
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Saha A, Acharya BN, Priya R, Tripathi NK, Shrivastava A, Rao MK, Kesari P, Narwal M, Tomar S, Bhagyawant SS, Parida M, and Dash PK
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- Animals, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Chikungunya virus enzymology, Chikungunya virus physiology, Chlorocebus aethiops, Cysteine Endopeptidases chemistry, Cysteine Endopeptidases genetics, Escherichia coli metabolism, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Recombinant Proteins biosynthesis, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Recombinant Proteins isolation & purification, Substrate Specificity, Vero Cells, Zinc Acetate pharmacology, Cysteine Endopeptidases metabolism, High-Throughput Screening Assays methods, Protease Inhibitors pharmacology, Virus Replication drug effects
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Chikungunya virus has emerged as one of the most important global arboviral threats over the last decade. Inspite of large scale morbidity, with long lasting polyarthralgia, so far no licensed vaccine or antiviral is available. CHIKV nsP2 protease is crucial for processing of viral nonstructural polypeptide precursor to release enzymes required for viral replication, thus making it a promising drug target. In this study, high cell density cultivation (HCDC) of Escherichia coli in batch process was carried out to produce rCHIKV nsP2pro in a cost-effective manner. The purified nsP2pro and fluorogenic peptide substrate have been adapted for fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based high throughput screening (HTS) assay with Z' value and CV of 0.67 ± 0.054 and <10% respectively. We used this cell free HTS system to screen panel of metal ions and its conjugate which revealed zinc acetate as a potential candidate, which was further found to inhibit CHIKV in Vero cells. Scale-up process has not been previously reported for any of the arboviral nonstructural enzymes. The successful scale-up method for viral protease together with a HTS assay could lead to the development of industrial level large-scale screening platform for identification of protease inhibitors against emerging and re-emerging viruses.
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- 2018
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10. Synthesis and in vitro reactivation study of isonicotinamide derivatives of 2-(hydroxyimino)-N-(pyridin-3-yl)acetamide as reactivators of Sarin and VX inhibited human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE).
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Karade HN, Raviraju G, Acharya BN, Valiveti AK, Bhalerao U, and Acharya J
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- Acetamides chemical synthesis, Aminopyridines chemical synthesis, Cholinesterase Inhibitors chemistry, Cholinesterase Reactivators chemical synthesis, Erythrocyte Membrane enzymology, Humans, Kinetics, Niacinamide chemical synthesis, Obidoxime Chloride chemistry, Organothiophosphorus Compounds chemistry, Oximes chemical synthesis, Pralidoxime Compounds chemistry, Sarin chemistry, Acetamides chemistry, Aminopyridines chemistry, Cholinesterase Reactivators chemistry, Niacinamide analogs & derivatives, Niacinamide chemistry, Oximes chemistry
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Previously (Karade et al., 2014), we have reported the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of bis-pyridinium derivatives of pyridine-3-yl-(2-hydroxyimino acetamide), as reactivators of sarin and VX inhibited hAChE. Few of the molecules showed superior in vivo protection efficacy (mice model) (Kumar et al., 2014; Swami et al., 2016) in comparison to 2-PAM against DFP and sarin poisoning. Encouraged by these results, herein we report the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of isonicotinamide derivatives of pyridine-3-yl-(2-hydroxyimino acetamide) (4a-4d) against sarin and VX inhibited erythrocyte ghost hAChE. Reactivation kinetics of these compounds was studied and the determined kinetic parameters were compared with that of commercial reactivators viz. 2-PAM and obidoxime. In comparison to 2-PAM and obidoxime, oxime 4a and 4b exhibited enhanced reactivation efficacy toward sarin inhibited hAChE while oxime 4c showed far greater reactivation efficacy toward VX inhibited hAChE. The acid dissociation constant and IC50 values of these oximes were determined and correlated with the observed reactivation potential., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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11. Synthesis and in vitro kinetic evaluation of N-thiazolylacetamido monoquaternary pyridinium oximes as reactivators of sarin, O-ethylsarin and VX inhibited human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE).
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Valiveti AK, Bhalerao UM, Acharya J, Karade HN, Acharya BN, Raviraju G, Halve AK, and Kaushik MP
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- Acetylcholinesterase metabolism, Binding Sites, Catalytic Domain, Chemical Warfare Agents metabolism, Cholinesterase Reactivators chemistry, Cholinesterase Reactivators metabolism, Humans, Kinetics, Molecular Docking Simulation, Organothiophosphorus Compounds chemistry, Organothiophosphorus Compounds metabolism, Oximes chemical synthesis, Oximes metabolism, Pyridinium Compounds chemistry, Sarin analogs & derivatives, Sarin chemistry, Sarin metabolism, Thiazoles chemistry, Acetylcholinesterase chemistry, Chemical Warfare Agents chemistry, Cholinesterase Reactivators chemical synthesis, Oximes chemistry
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Presently available medications for treatment of organiphosphorus poisoning are not sufficiently effective due to various pharmacological and toxicological reasons. In this regard, herein we report the synthesis of a series of N-thiazolylacetamide monoquaternary pyridinium oximes and its analogs (1a-1b to 6a-6b) with diversely substituted thiazole ring and evaluation of their in vitro reactivation efficacies against nerve agent (sarin, O-ethylsarin and VX) inhibited human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase (hAChE). Reactivation kinetics was performed to determine dissociation constant (KD), reactivity rate constant (kr) and the second order rate constant (kr2) for all the compounds and compared their efficacies with commercial antidotes viz. 2-PAM and obidoxime. All the newly synthesized oximes were evaluated for their physicochemical parameters (pKa) and correlated with their respective reactivation efficacies to assess the capability of the oxime reactivator. Three of these novel compounds showed promising reactivation efficacies toward OP inhibited hAChE. Molecular docking studies were performed in order to correlate the reactivation efficacies with their interactions in the active site of the AChE., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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12. Chemospecific and ligand free CuI catalysed heterogeneous N-arylation of amines with diheteroaryl halides at room temperature.
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Verma SK, Acharya BN, and Kaushik MP
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- Catalysis, Ligands, Molecular Structure, Temperature, Amines chemistry, Copper chemistry, Halogens chemistry, Iodides chemistry
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A ligand free, copper-catalyzed N-arylation reaction of amines with diheteroaryl halides in heterogeneous medium at room temperature has been developed. The protocol is very effective for low boiling amines and useful for amines available in aqueous solution. The reaction gives chemospecific arylation of amines with diheteroaryl halides in the mixture monoheteroaryl halides, diheteroaryl halides and carbocyclic aryl halides. The reaction is also chemospecific with respect to arylation of aliphatic amines. Monoarylated piperazines were also synthesized at room temperature following this protocol.
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- 2011
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13. Imidazole-catalyzed monoacylation of symmetrical diamines.
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Verma SK, Acharya BN, and Kaushik MP
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- Acylation, Amino Alcohols chemistry, Catalysis, Molecular Structure, Stereoisomerism, Diamines chemistry, Imidazoles chemistry
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An imidazole-catalyzed protocol for monoacylation of symmetrical diamines has been developed. The protocol gave selective monoacylation of aliphatic (cyclic and acyclic) primary and secondary diamines. In the reaction, imidazole acts as both catalyst and a leaving group. Different monoacylated piperazines and other diamines were synthesized at room temperature in an ethanol/water solvent system.
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- 2010
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14. Synthesis and antimalarial evaluation of 1, 3, 5-trisubstituted pyrazolines.
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Acharya BN, Saraswat D, Tiwari M, Shrivastava AK, Ghorpade R, Bapna S, and Kaushik MP
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- Animals, Antimalarials chemistry, Antimalarials toxicity, Chloroquine pharmacology, Drug Resistance, HeLa Cells, Hemin metabolism, Humans, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions, Male, Mice, Models, Molecular, Molecular Conformation, Plasmodium berghei drug effects, Plasmodium berghei metabolism, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects, Plasmodium falciparum metabolism, Pyrazoles chemistry, Pyrazoles toxicity, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Antimalarials pharmacology, Pyrazoles chemical synthesis, Pyrazoles pharmacology
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A series of 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazolines were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antimalarial efficacy against chloroquine sensitive (MRC-02) as well as chloroquine resistant (RKL9) strains of Plasmodium falciparum. The activity was at nano molar concentration. beta-hematin formation inhibition activity (BHIA(50)) of the pyrazolines were determined and correlated with antimalarial activity. A reasonably good correlation (r=0.62) was observed between antimalarial activity (IC(50)) and BHIA(50). This suggests that antimalarial mode of action of this class of compounds appears to be similar to that of chloroquine and involves the inhibition of hemozoin formation. Some of the compounds were showing better antimalarial activity than chloroquine against resistant strain of P. falciparum and were also found active in the in vivo experiment., (Copyright 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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15. Pharmacophore based discovery of potential antimalarial agent targeting haem detoxification pathway.
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Acharya BN, Saraswat D, and Kaushik MP
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- Animals, Antimalarials chemical synthesis, Antimalarials chemistry, Isoniazid chemical synthesis, Isoniazid chemistry, Isoniazid pharmacology, Molecular Structure, Parasitic Sensitivity Tests, Small Molecule Libraries chemical synthesis, Small Molecule Libraries chemistry, Small Molecule Libraries pharmacology, Stereoisomerism, Antimalarials pharmacology, Drug Discovery, Heme metabolism, Isoniazid analogs & derivatives, Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
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Pharmacophore hypotheses were generated from molecules having putative antimalarial activities targeting haem detoxification pathway of malarial parasite. A training set consisting of 33 compounds, whose activities were evaluated for haem polymerization inhibition and against chloroquine resistant (K1) strain of Plasmodium falciparum, was optimized to generate hypotheses. The hypothesis showing optimum correlation between actual and estimated activities was validated by Fischer's randomization test at 95% confidence level and used as a model to screen our in-house compound database. Nicotinic acid [trans-3-(4-ethoxy-3-methoxy-phenyl)-1-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-allylidene]-hydrazide (ALH5) was obtained as a hit. The compound was synthesized and evaluated against chloroquine sensitive (MRC-02) and resistant (RKL9) strains of malarial parasite P. falciparum. The compound showed antimalarial activity in nanomolar range and was found comparable with chloroquine.
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- 2008
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16. Colibacillosis in goats--a study of serotypes involved.
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Panda SN, Acharya BN, and Misra B
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- Animals, Guinea Pigs, In Vitro Techniques, Serologic Tests, Enteritis veterinary, Escherichia coli Infections veterinary, Goats
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- 1965
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