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Synthesis and antimalarial activity of novel dihydro-artemisinin derivatives
Liu, Yang,Cui, Kunqiang,Lu, Weiqiang,Luo, Wei,Wang, Jian,Huang, Jin,Guo, Chun
experimental part, p. 4527 - 4538 (2011/08/10)
The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2, one of the most promising targets for antimalarial drug design, plays a key role in parasite survival as a major peptide hydrolase within the hemoglobin degradation pathway. In this work, a series of novel dihydroartemisinin derivatives based on (thio)semicarbazone scaffold were designed and synthesized as potential falcipain-2 inhibitors. The in vitro biological assay indicated that most of the target compounds showed excellent inhibition activity against P. falciparum falcipain-2, with IC50 values in the 0.29-10.63 μM range. Molecular docking studies were performed to investigate the binding affinities and interaction modes for the inhibitors. The preliminary SARs were summarized and could serve as a foundation for further investigation in the development of antimalarial drugs.
