[PDF][PDF] The potential of secondary metabolites from plants as drugs or leads against protozoan neglected diseases-part II

TJ Schmidt, SA Khalid, AJ Romanha, TMA Alves… - 2012 - lavierebelle.org
Infections with protozoan parasites are a major cause of disease and mortality in many
tropical countries of the world. Diseases caused by species of the genera Trypanosoma …

Electrochemical approach to the mechanistic study of proton-coupled electron transfer

C Costentin - Chemical Reviews, 2008 - ACS Publications
The coupling between electron and proton transfers has a long experimental and theoretical
history in chemistry and biochemistry. To take just one example, the fact that acceptance of …

Potent antitumor activity of synthetic 1, 2-naphthoquinones and 1, 4-naphthoquinones

N Kongkathip, B Kongkathip, P Siripong… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2003 - Elsevier
Rhinacanthone (1) and two 1, 2-pyranonaphthoquinones (2, 3) were synthesized and found
to show very potent cytotoxicity against three cancer cell lines (KB, HeLa and HepG2) with …

Computer-aided design of 1, 4-naphthoquinone-based inhibitors targeting cruzain and rhodesain cysteine proteases

LR Silva, AS Guimaraes, J do Nascimento… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Chagas disease and Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) are caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi and T. brucei parasites, respectively. Cruzain (CRZ) and Rhodesain …

Electrochemical parameters and techniques in drug development, with an emphasis on quinones and related compounds

EA Hillard, FC de Abreu, DCM Ferreira… - Chemical …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
This review article summarizes recent applications of electrochemical techniques to redox-
active drug development and mechanistic studies. It includes a general introduction to the …

Synthesis, anticancer activity and QSAR study of 1, 4-naphthoquinone derivatives

V Prachayasittikul, R Pingaew… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
A series of 2-substituted amino-3-chloro-1, 4-naphthoquinone derivatives (3–12) were
synthesized as anticancer agents and tested against four cancer cell lines including HepG2 …

[HTML][HTML] Um panorama atual da química e da farmacologia de naftoquinonas, com ênfase na beta-lapachona e derivados

MN Silva, VF Ferreira, MCBV de Souza - Química Nova, 2003 - SciELO Brasil
Naphthoquinones have been extensively studied due to their activity as topoisomerase
inhibitors. These enzymes are critical to DNA replication in cells. In addition …

Synthesis and pharmacophore modeling of naphthoquinone derivatives with cytotoxic activity in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell line

E Pérez-Sacau, RG Díaz-Peñate… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Catalyst/HypoGen pharmacophore modeling approach and three-dimensional quantitative
structure− activity relationship (3D-QSAR)/comparative molecular similarity indices analysis …

Natural and synthetic naphthoquinones active against Trypanosoma cruzi: an initial step towards new drugs for Chagas disease

C O. Salas, M Faundez, A Morello… - Current medicinal …, 2011 - benthamdirect.com
Chagas disease is one of the most important endemic diseases in Latin America, caused by
Trypanosoma cruzi. The drugs used for the treatment of this disease, nifurtimox and …