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Table 2 Summary of medicinal chemistry studies

From: Malaria in South America: a drug discovery perspective

Compound

Authors

Target

Chemical class

Lowest IC50(strain)

6

Sperandeo and Brun [[66]]

-

Pyrazolylnaphthoquinones, 5-aminoisoxazole

0.11 μg/mL (K1)

7

Silva et al.[67]

-

1,4-naphthoquinones

0.03 μM (FcB1)

8

Charris et al.[68]

β-haematin

Thieno(2,3-b)quinoline

74.42%1

9

Cunico et al.[69]

Aspartyl protease

Hydroxyethylpiperazines

4.6 μM (3D7)

10

Cunico et al.[70]

Aspartyl protease

Hydroxyethyylpiperazines

5.1 μg/mL (W2)

11

Gnoatto et al.[71]

β-haematin

Piperazine, 3-acetylursolic acid

0.08 μM (FcB1)

12

de Sá et al.[72]

 

Betulinic acid

5.99 μM (W2)

13

Pinheiro et al.[73]

-

Sesquiterpenes

0.05 ng/mL (P. falciparum mefloquine resistant)

14

Barbosa et al.[74]

-

Ozonides

13.6 μg/mL

15

Oliveira et al.[75]

Cysteine proteases

Semicarbazone, Thiosemicarbazone

7.2 μM (W2)

16

Camacho et al.[76]

β-haematin

Benzimidazole-5-carbohydrazides

8.43 μM

17

Corrales et al.[77]

Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase

6-thiopurine Steroids

82%1

18

Barazarte et al.[78]

β-haematin

Pyrazolo and pyrimido benzothiazine dioxide

92.32%2

19

Barazarte et al.[79]

β-haematin

Benzothiazines

78.17%2

20

Vellasco Junior et al.[80]

Aspartyl protease

Thioetherhydroxyethyl, Sulfonamides

15 μM (W2)

21

Dominguez et al.[81]

β-haematin

Chlorovinyl sulfones

0.025 μM (W2)

22

Dominguez et al.[82]

β-haematin

Sulfonamide chalcones

0.48 μM (W2)

23

León et al.[83]

Glucose metabolism β-haematin

Sulfonylureas

1.2 μM (W2)

24

Arancibia et al.[84]

β-haematin

Rhenium bioorganometalics, Aminoquinoline

0.048 μM (3D7)

25

Rojas Ruiz et al.[85]

β-haematin

Aminoquinolines, thiazolidinone

0.25 μM (3D7)

26

Charris et al.[86]

β-haematin

E-2-quinolinylbenzo-cycloalcanones

90%3

27

Vashist et al.[87]

β-haematin

Quinolone, 6-thiopurine

inactive

28

de Souza et al.[88]

β-haematin

4-aminoquinolines, platinum (II) complexes

84 %4

29

Cunico et al.[89]

β-haematin

4-aminoquinolines

1.39 μg/mL (W2)

30

Rodrigues et al.[90]

β-haematin

Quinoline

Active

31

Domínguez et al.[91]

Cysteine protease falcipain

Quinolinyl chalcones

19 μM (FcB1)

32

Ferrer et al.[92]

β-haematin

Chloroquinolines

94.93%3

33

Navarro et al.[93]

β-haematin

Gold-chloroquine complexes

5

34

Domínguez et al.[94]

Cysteine protease β-haematin

Phenylurenyl chalcones

1.76 μM

35

de Andrade-Neto et al.[95]

-

Naphthoquinones, Phenazines

1.67 μM (W2)

36

Hilário et al.[96]

-

3-alkylpyridines alkaloids

<3.38 μM (W2)

37

Rodrigues et al.[97]

β-haematin

Bisquinoline

56.76 %2

  1. 1 Percentage of inhibition of parasite growth (P. berghei in mice) at day 9 (dose: 10 mg/kg).
  2. 2 Inhibition of globin proteolysis (IGP) expressed as percentage.
  3. 3 Inhibition of β-haematin synthesis (IβHS) expressed as percentage.
  4. 4 Inhibition of parasite multiplication on days (dose: 25 mg/kg).
  5. 5 Activity expressed as IC50(CQDP)/IC50(complex).