Navigating drug repurposing for Chagas disease: advances, challenges, and opportunities

EOJ Porta, K Kalesh, PG Steel - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Chagas disease is a vector-borne illness caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma
cruzi (T. cruzi). It poses a significant public health burden, particularly in the poorest regions …

Potentials of marine natural products against malaria, leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis parasites: A review of recent articles

JA Nweze, FN Mbaoji, YM Li, LY Yang… - Infectious diseases of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Malaria and neglected communicable protozoa parasitic diseases, such as
leishmaniasis, and trypanosomiasis, are among the otherwise called diseases for neglected …

Comprehensive virtual screening of the antiviral potentialities of marine polycyclic guanidine alkaloids against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

A El-Demerdash, AM Metwaly, A Hassan… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The huge global expansion of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel SARS-corona
virus-2 is an extraordinary public health emergency. The unavailability of specific treatment …

Chagas disease: perspectives on the past and present and challenges in drug discovery

FRP Mansoldo, F Carta, A Angeli, VS Cardoso… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease still has no effective treatment option for all of its phases despite being
discovered more than 100 years ago. The development of commercial drugs has been …

New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas disease: the rationale and design of the TESEO study, an open-label, randomised, prospective, phase-2 …

C Alonso-Vega, JA Urbina, S Sanz, MJ Pinazo… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Chagas disease (CD) affects~ 7 million people worldwide. Benznidazole (BZN)
and nifurtimox (NFX) are the only approved drugs for CD chemotherapy. Although both …

Recent ring distortion reactions for diversifying complex natural products

Y Li, S Cheng, Y Tian, Y Zhang, Y Zhao - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2013–2022. Chemical diversification of natural products is an efficient way to
generate natural product-like compounds for modern drug discovery programs. Utilizing ring …

Marine Pharmacology in 2019–2021: Marine Compounds with Antibacterial, Antidiabetic, Antifungal, Anti-Inflammatory, Antiprotozoal, Antituberculosis and Antiviral …

AMS Mayer, VA Mayer, M Swanson-Mungerson… - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
The current 2019–2021 marine pharmacology literature review provides a continuation of
previous reviews covering the period 1998 to 2018. Preclinical marine pharmacology …

Marine alkaloids as bioactive agents against protozoal neglected tropical diseases and malaria

AG Tempone, P Pieper, SET Borborema… - Natural product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2000 up to 2021 Natural products are an important resource in drug discovery,
directly or indirectly delivering numerous small molecules for potential development as …

Pyronaridine: An update of its pharmacological activities and mechanisms of action

C Bailly - Biopolymers, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pyronaridine (PYR) is an erythrocytic schizonticide with a potent antimalarial activity against
multidrug‐resistant Plasmodium. The drug is used in combination with artesunate for the …

In Silico Approach Triterpene Glycoside of H. atra Targeting Orotidine 5‐Monophosphate Decarboxylase Protein (PfOMPDC) in P. falciparum Infection Mechanism

PD Utami, H Setianingsih… - BioMed Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study accessed the potential antimalarial activity of triterpene glycoside of H. atra
through targeting orotidine 5‐monophosphate decarboxylase protein (PfOMPDC) in P …