Novel inhibitors of Leishmanial dihydrofolate reductase

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作者
Chowdhury, SF
Di Lucrezia, R
Guerrero, RH
Brun, R
Goodman, J
Ruiz-Perez, LM
Pacanowska, DG
Gilbert, IH
机构
[1] Cardiff Univ, Welsh Sch Pharm, Cardiff CF10 3XF, S Glam, Wales
[2] Inst Parasitol & Biomed, Granada 18001, Spain
[3] Swiss Trop Inst, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
[4] Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB2 1EW, England
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10.1016/S0960-894X(01)00089-0
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R914 [药物化学];
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100701 ;
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The program DOCK3.5 was used to search the Cambridge Structural Database for novel inhibitors of Leishmanial dihydrofolate reductase. A number of compounds were obtained and screened against the enzyme and against the intact parasite Leishmania donovani and the related organisms Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi. The compounds screened showed weak activity in both the enzyme assays and the in vitro assays. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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