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Suryanarayana Vangapandu1, Sandeep Sachdeva, Meenakshi Jain
1National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab 160 062, India.
Abstract:
Synthesis and antimalarial activities of N8-(4-amino-1-methylbutyl)-5-alkoxy-4-ethyl-6-methoxy-8-quinolinamines (5) and their pro prodrug analogues (6-7) prepared by covalently linking 5 to the redox-sensitive (8) and esterase-sensitive (9) linkers through the amide linkage are reported. The most effective 8-quinolinamines [5c (R=C5H11) and 5f (R=C8H17)] have exhibited in vitro and in vivo biological efficacy superior to that of the standard drug chloroquine against both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant malaria strains. Analogues 6-7 were evaluated for in vivo blood-schizontocidal activity as potential pro prodrug models for the primary amino group containing 8-quinolinamines (5). The most effective pro prodrug analogue (6c) has displayed promising activities against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Plasmodia in vivo.
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