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SUBMITTER: Akao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8130605 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
RSC medicinal chemistry 20210121 3
An innovative pre-competitive virtual screening collaboration was engaged to validate and subsequently explore an imidazo[1,2-<i>a</i>]pyridine screening hit for visceral leishmaniasis. <i>In silico</i> probing of five proprietary pharmaceutical company libraries enabled rapid expansion of the hit chemotype, alleviating initial concerns about the core chemical structure while simultaneously improving antiparasitic activity and selectivity index relative to the background cell line. Subsequent hi ...[more]