Citotoxicidad y actividad antimicrobiana de análogos de GaMF1

Jan Chasák1, Petr Vyvlečka1, Ivan Nemec2

  • 1Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

ChemMedChem
|February 19, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores modificaron el compuesto GaMF1 para reducir su toxicidad contra células humanas. Estos cambios estructurales produjeron inesperadamente una potente actividad antiparasitaria contra especies de tripanosomas y mostraron potencial para inhibir el crecimiento de células tumorales.

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