Screening of the antileishmanial and antiplasmodial potential of synthetic 2-arylquinoline analogs.

ABSTRACT: In this study, six analogs of 2-arylquinoline were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo antiplasmodial and leishmanicidal activity. At a later stage, hemolytic activity and druggability were tested in vitro and in silico, respectively, observing as a result: firstly, compounds showed half-maximal effective concentration (EC₅₀) values between 3.6 and 19.3 µM. Likewise, a treatment using the compounds 4a-f caused improvement in most of the treated hamsters and cured some of them. Regarding the antiplasmodial activity, the compounds showed moderate to high activity, although they did not show hemolytic activity. Furthermore, 4e and 4f compounds were not able to control P. berghei infection when administered to animal models. Molecular dynamic simulations, molecu

SUBMITTER: Espinosa-Saez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature