A comprehensive overview of the medicinal chemistry of antifungal drugs: perspectives and promise

KC Howard, EK Dennis, DS Watt… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The emergence of new fungal pathogens makes the development of new antifungal drugs a
medical imperative that in recent years motivates the talents of numerous investigators …

Natural Berberine-derived Azolyl Ethanols as New Structural Antibacterial Agents against Drug-Resistant Escherichia coli

H Sun, SY Huang, P Jeyakkumar, GX Cai… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural berberine-derived azolyl ethanols as new structural antibacterial agents were
designed and synthesized for fighting with dreadful bacterial resistance. Partial target …

1, 2, 4-triazole: a privileged scaffold for the development of potent antifungal agents-a brief review

C Tratrat - Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the past decades, a tremendous rise in invasive fungal infection diseases attributed to
the yeast Candida albicans in immunocompromised individuals poses a seriously …

Developing novel coumarin-containing azoles antifungal agents by the scaffold merging strategy for treating azole-resistant candidiasis

Z Yan, Y Huang, D Zhao, Z Li, X Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The extensive use of antifungal drugs has resulted in severe drug resistance, making clinical
treatment of fungal infections more difficult. Biofilm inhibitors can overcome drug resistance …

Discovery of novel fungal lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51)/histone deacetylase dual inhibitors to treat azole-resistant candidiasis

G Han, N Liu, C Li, J Tu, Z Li… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Invasive fungal infections (particularly candidiasis) are emerging as severe infectious
diseases worldwide. Because of serious antifungal drug resistance, therapeutic efficacy of …

Antifungal activity, mode of action variability, and subcellular distribution of coumarin-based antifungal azoles

R Elias, RI Benhamou, QZ Jaber, O Dorot… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Azole antifungals inhibit the biosynthesis of ergosterol, the fungal equivalent of cholesterol
in mammalian cells. Here we report an investigation of the activity of coumarin-substituted …

Species-selective targeting of fungal hsp90: design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel 4, 5-diarylisoxazole derivatives for the combination treatment of azole-resistant …

W Yin, T Wu, L Liu, H Jiang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Invasive fungal infections are emerging as serious infectious diseases worldwide. Because
of the development of antifungal drug resistance, the limited efficacy of the existing drugs …

Discovery of novel α, β-unsaturated amide derivatives as candidate antifungals to overcome fungal resistance

Z Yan, Q Li, X Li, H Wang, D Zhao, H Yu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In our previous study, coumarin-containing CYP51 inhibitor A32 demonstrated potent
antiresistance activity. However, compound A32 demonstrated unsatisfied metabolic …

Design, synthesis, and in vitro evaluation of novel antifungal triazoles containing substituted 1, 2, 3-triazole-methoxyl side chains

F Xie, Y Hao, J Bao, J Liu, Y Liu, R Wang, X Chi… - Bioorganic …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to develop new triazole derivatives, we optimized the lead compound a6 by
structural modifications to obtain a series of (2R, 3R)-3-((1-substituted-1H-1, 2, 3-triazol-4-yl) …

Novel triazoles with potent and broad-spectrum antifungal activity in vitro and in vivo

P Zhu, T Zhou, H Chen, X Chen, X Wang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Triazoles have demonstrated significant efficacy in the treatment of fungal infections.
However, increasing drug resistance is a growing concern that negatively impacts their …