Therapeutic potential of uracil and its derivatives in countering pathogenic and physiological disorders

D Ramesh, BG Vijayakumar, T Kannan - European journal of medicinal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Uracil is one of the most notable pharmacophores in medicinal chemistry as the pyrimidine
nucleobase forms an integral part of many commercial drugs. Though the name uracil is …

Purine and pyrimidine transporters of pathogenic protozoa–conduits for therapeutic agents

GD Campagnaro, HP De Koning - Medicinal Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purines and pyrimidines are essential nutrients for any cell. Most organisms are able to
synthesize their own purines and pyrimidines, but this ability was lost in protozoans that …

Antitrypanosomal and Antileishmanial Activity of Chalcones and Flavanones from Polygonum salicifolium

AM Zheoat, S Alenezi, EK Elmahallawy, MA Ungogo… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis are a group of neglected parasitic diseases caused by
several species of parasites belonging to the family Trypansomatida. The present study …

Pyrimidine metabolism in schistosomes: A comparison with other parasites and the search for potential chemotherapeutic targets

MH El Kouni - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Schistosomes are responsible for the parasitic disease schistosomiasis, an acute and
chronic parasitic ailment that affects> 240 million people in 70 countries worldwide. It is the …

Deazapurine Nucleoside Analogues for the Treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis

MJ Natto, F Hulpia, ER Kalkman, S Baillie… - ACS infectious …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Trichomoniasis is the most common nonviral sexually transmitted disease in humans, but
treatment options are limited. Here, we report a resorufin-based drug sensitivity assay for …

Investigation of 5'-norcarbocyclic nucleoside analogues as antiprotozoal and antibacterial agents

AL Khandazhinskaya, ES Matyugina, PN Solyev… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Carbocyclic nucleosides have long played a role in antiviral, antiparasitic, and antibacterial
therapies. Recent results from our laboratories from two structurally related scaffolds have …

Rapid one-pot multicomponent dioxane-HCl complex catalyzed solvent-free synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidine-2-one derivatives

TS Choudhare, DS Wagare, VT Kadam… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
A simple and efficient one-pot multicomponent solvent-free protocol developed for the
synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidine-2-one derivatives from the reaction of various aromatic …

Design, computational, synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial, MTT and molecular docking assessment of bipyrimidine derivatives possessing indole moiety

M Arshad - Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 2020 - Springer
An adequate enhancement in the development of resistance by microbial pathogens against
the available chemotherapeutic agents prompted us to find out some new chemotherapeutic …

Synthesis, Characterization, Biological, and Molecular Docking Studies of (Z)-N-Substituted-4-(Pyridin-2-yl)-6-(1H-Pyrrolo[2,3-b]Pyridin-4-yl)Pyrimidin-2-Amine

M Arshad, MS Akhter - Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2022 - Springer
A series of fifteen (Z)-N-substituted-4-(pyridin-2-yl)-6-(1 H-pyrrolo [2, 3-b] pyridin-4-yl)
pyrimidin-2-amine, was designed, screened computationally and synthesized. Structures of …

Synthesis, Characterization, Antimicrobial, and Molecular Docking Studies of Thiazolidin-4-one Derivatives fused with Indole and Pyrimidine Moieties

BH Asghar, M Arshad - Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2023 - Springer
A series of fifteen 2-substituted-3-(4-(pyridin-2-yl)-6-(1 H-pyrrolo [2, 3-b] pyridin-4-yl)
pyrimidin-2-yl) thiazolidin-4-one, was prepared and characterized using analytical …