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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Antimalarial activity of HIV-1 protease inhibitor in chromone series

Increasing parasite resistance to nearly all available antimalarial drugs becomes a serious problem to human health and necessitates the need to continue the search for new effective drugs. Recent studies have shown that clinically utilized HIV-1 protease (HIV-1 PR) inhibitors can inhibit the in vitro and in vivo growth of Plasmodium falciparum. In this study, a series of chromone derivatives possessing HIV-1 PR inhibitory activity has been tested for antimalarial activity against P. falciparum (K1 multi-drug resistant strain). Chromone 15, the potent HIV-1 PR inhibitor (IC50 = 0.65 μM), was found to be the most potent antimalarial compound with IC50 = 0.95 μM while primaquine and tafenoquine showed IC50 = 2.41 and 1.95 μM, respectively. Molecular docking study of chromone compounds against plasmepsin II, an aspartic protease enzyme important in hemoglobin degradation, revealed that chromone 15 exhibited the higher binding affinity (binding energy = -13.24 kcal/mol) than the known PM II inhibitors. Thus, HIV-1 PR inhibitor in chromone series has the potential to be a new class of antimalarial agent.

Synthesis and biological evaluation of flavonoids as vasorelaxant agents

Several 5,7-dihydroxyflavone and quercetin 3-O-glycosides have been synthesized and evaluated for vasorelaxant activity. A logP-activity relationship amongst flavonoids was suggested.

Importance of the B ring and its substitution on the α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of baicalein, 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone

Hydroxychroniones and B-ring-substituted 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones were prepared to evaluate the contribution of the B ring of baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone, 1) to its potent α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Hydroxychromones, which lack 6-hydroxyl substitution, did not show any inhibitory activity, while 5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-methylchromone (5) showed high activity. Among the tested B-ring-substituted 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones, the 4′-hydroxy-, 3′,4′-dihydroxy-, and 3′,4′,5′- trihydroxy-substituted derivatives were found to give more activity than that of 1. The methoxy-substituted derivatives, however, showed less activity than 1. The results suggest that the B ring of 1 was not essential, although advantageous to the activity; hydroxyl substitution on the B ring of 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones was favorable to the activity, whereas methoxyl substitution was unfavorable; at least 4′-hydrosyl substitution of 5,6,7-trihydroxyflavones was required for enhanced activity, in which the number of hydroxyl groups did not take part.

Cleavage of methyl ethers of flavones by chloroaluminate ionic liquid

A new o-demethylation method of a series of mono-, di-, trimethoxy-flavones using a chloroaluminate ionic liquid - [BMIM] [Al2Cl7] in dichloromethane is described. The desired products were obtained in moderate to good yields.