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Published on: November 5, 2021
Trypanocidal activity of (-)-cubebin derivatives against free amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi
Vanessa A de Souza1, Rosangela da Silva, Ana C Pereira
1Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas da Universidade de Franca, Av. Dr. Armando Salles de Oliveira, 2001, CEP: 14404-600, Franca, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
Five (-)-cubebin derivative compounds, (-)-O-acetyl cubebin (3), (-)-O-benzyl cubebin (4), (-)-O-(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl)-cubebin (5), (-)-hinokinin (6) and (-)-6,6'-dinitrohinokinin (7), previously synthesised by our research group, were evaluated on in vitro assay against free amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, the asogic agent of Chagas' disease. It was observed that 6 was the most active compound (IC(50)=0.7 microM), and that 4 and 5 displayed moderate activity against the parasite, giving IC(50) values of 5.7 and 4.7 microM, respectively. In contrast, it was observed that compound 3 was inactive and that 7 displayed low activity with IC(50) values of congruent with 1.5 x 10(4) and 95.3 microM, respectively.
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