Nitro-group-containing drugs

K Nepali, HY Lee, JP Liou - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The nitro group is considered to be a versatile and unique functional group in medicinal
chemistry. Despite a long history of use in therapeutics, the nitro group has toxicity issues …

Nitro compounds against trypanosomatidae parasites: Heroes or villains?

PF da Silva Santos-Júnior, LR Silva… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Chagas disease and Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi, T. brucei rhodesiense or T. b. gambiense parasites, respectively; while …

Further investigations of nitroheterocyclic compounds as potential antikinetoplastid drug candidates

C García-Estrada, Y Pérez-Pertejo… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to the lack of specific vaccines, management of the trypanosomatid-caused neglected
tropical diseases (sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis) relies exclusively …

Experimental models in Chagas disease: a review of the methodologies applied for screening compounds against Trypanosoma cruzi

C Fonseca-Berzal, VJ Arán, JA Escario… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Springer
One of the main problems of Chagas disease (CD), the parasitic infection caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi, is the lack of a completely satisfactory treatment, which is currently …

A comprehensive review on potential candidates for the treatment of chagas disease

S Pathak, M Bhardwaj, N Agrawal… - Chemical Biology & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty different infectious disorders induced by bacteria, viruses, and parasites are
categorized as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by WHO. The severity of chagas disease …

Synthesis and evaluation of in vitro and in vivo trypanocidal properties of a new imidazole-containing nitrophthalazine derivative

F Olmo, F Gómez-Contreras, P Navarro, C Marín… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of new phthalazine derivatives (1–4) containing imidazole rings and functionalized
with nitro groups in the benzene ring of the phthalazine moiety were prepared and identified …

Targets and patented drugs for chemotherapy of Chagas disease in the last 15 years-period

VG Duschak - Recent patents on anti-infective drug discovery, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The American trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, is a parasitic infection
typically spread by triatomine vectors affecting millions of people all over Latin America …

Antichagasic and trichomonacidal activity of 1-substituted 2-benzyl-5-nitroindazolin-3-ones and 3-alkoxy-2-benzyl-5-nitro-2H-indazoles

C Fonseca-Berzal, A Ibanez-Escribano… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two series of new 5-nitroindazole derivatives, 1-substituted 2-benzylindazolin-3-ones (6–
29, series A) and 3-alkoxy-2-benzyl-2H-indazoles (30–37, series B), containing differently …

Ferrocenyl and cyrhetrenyl azines containing a 5-nitroheterocyclic moiety: synthesis, structural characterization, electrochemistry and evaluation as anti-Trypanosoma …

J Gómez, AH Klahn, M Fuentealba, D Sierra… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The synthesis of unsymmetrical ferrocenyl and cyrhetrenyl azines [(η 5-C 5 H 4)-CR= NN=
CH-2-C 4 H 2 X-5-NO 2] M (M= Re (CO) 3, Fe (η 5-C 5 H 5); R= H, CH 3, X= O, S) has led to …

Recent development of heterocyclic compounds with indazole moiety as potential antiparasitic agents

A Paul, T Guria, P Roy, A Maity - Current Topics in Medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Indazole is a vital nitrogen-containing heterocyclic unit in organic and medicinal chemistry
research and a helpful precursor molecule for the production of various types of …