Metal compounds against neglected tropical diseases

YC Ong, S Roy, PC Andrews, G Gasser - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Many first-line treatments for neglected tropical diseases identified by the World Health
Organization (WHO) are limited by one or more of the following: the development of drug …

Current advances in drug discovery for Chagas disease

CB Scarim, DH Jornada, RC Chelucci… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is one of the 17 neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) according to World Health Organization. It is estimated that 8–10 …

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 …

Design of prospective antiparasitic metal-based compounds including selected organometallic cores

D Gambino, L Otero - Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
A group of seventeen communicable and poverty-related diseases are considered
neglected by the World Health Organization due to the restricted development of diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

RL Carvalho, AS de Miranda… - Beilstein Journal of …, 2021 - beilstein-journals.org
Several valuable biologically active molecules can be obtained through C–H activation
processes. However, the use of expensive and not readily accessible catalysts complicates …

Antimicrobial activity of RP-1 peptide conjugate with ferrocene group

NCS Costa, JP Piccoli, NA Santos-Filho… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Parasitic diseases are a neglected and serious problem, especially in underdeveloped
countries. Among the major parasitic diseases, Leishmaniasis figures as an urgent …

Medicinal organometallic chemistry–an emerging strategy for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases

RW Brown, CJT Hyland - MedChemComm, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Organometallic moieties make excellent candidates for lead structures in drug design, due
to their bioactivity, redox chemistry and structural diversity. Despite this, only a limited …

Metallodrugs for the treatment of trypanosomatid diseases: Recent advances and new insights

M Navarro, R Justo, GYS Delgado… - Current Pharmaceutical …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Trypanosomatid parasites are responsible for many Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).
NTDs are a group of illnesses that prevail in low-income populations, such as in tropical and …

Hit-to-lead optimization of a novel class of potent, broad-spectrum trypanosomacides

S Russell, R Rahmani, AJ Jones… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The parasitic trypanosomes Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi are responsible for significant
human suffering in the form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Chagas disease …

Organometallic compounds in the discovery of new agents against kinetoplastid-caused diseases

M Ravera, E Moreno-Viguri, R Paucar… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The development of safe and affordable antiparasitic agents effective against neglected
tropical diseases is a big challenge of the drug discovery. The drugs currently employed …