Two decades of antifilarial drug discovery: a review

JN Sangshetti, DB Shinde, A Kulkarni, R Arote - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Filariasis is one of the oldest, most debilitating, disabling, and disfiguring neglected tropical
diseases with various clinical manifestations and a low rate of mortality, but has a high …

Coumarin–trioxane hybrids: Synthesis and evaluation as a new class of antimalarial scaffolds

KV Sashidhara, A Kumar, RP Dodda… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2012 - Elsevier
First synthesis of novel coumarin–trioxane hybrids is reported. The synthesis was achieved
via condensation of β-hydroxyhydroperoxides with coumarinic-aldehydes in presence of p …

Susceptibility testing of medically important parasites

A Genetu Bayih, A Debnath, E Mitre… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the last 2 decades, renewed attention to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has spurred
the development of antiparasitic agents, especially in light of emerging drug resistance. The …

Synthesis and antifilarial activity of chalcone–thiazole derivatives against a human lymphatic filarial parasite, Brugia malayi

KV Sashidhara, KB Rao, V Kushwaha… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Here we report the synthesis of novel chalcone–thiazole compounds and their antifilarial
activity. The antifilarial properties of these hybrids were assessed against microfilariae as …

Designing, synthesis of selective and high-affinity chalcone-benzothiazole hybrids as Brugia malayi thymidylate kinase inhibitors: in vitro validation and docking …

KV Sashidhara, SR Avula, PK Doharey… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
In our continuing search for safe and efficacious antifilarials, a series of novel chalcone-
benzothiazole hybrids have been synthesized and evaluated for their Brugia malayi …

Antifilarial diarylheptanoids from Alnus nepalensis leaves growing in high altitude areas of Uttarakhand, India

D Yadav, SC Singh, RK Verma, K Saxena, R Verma… - Phytomedicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Lymphatic filariasis continues to be a major health problem in tropical and subtropical
countries. A macrofilaricidal agent capable of eliminating adult filarial parasites is urgently …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-oxycoumarin derivatives as a new class of antifilarial agents

S Misra, LK Singh, J Gupta… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A series of 4-oxycoumarin derivatives was synthesized, characterized and evaluated in vitro
and in vivo for antifilarial activity against the human lymphatic filarial parasite, Brugia malayi …

A new iodine catalyzed regioselective synthesis of xanthene synthons

KV Sashidhara, A Kumar, RP Dodda, B Kumar - Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 - Elsevier
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Antifilarial activity of diterpenoids from Taxodium distichum

V Kushwaha, K Saxena, R Verma, SK Verma… - Parasites & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Lymphatic filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and B.
timori, is a debilitating disease with an adverse social and economic impact. The infection …

In vitro and in vivo antifilarial activity of standardized extract of calotropis procera flowers against brugia malayi

V Kushwaha, S Rastogi, MM Pandey… - Current Topics in …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic disease that causes permanent disability
(elephantiasis). Currently used antifilarial drugs are failing to control LF and there is …