A series of 1-aryl-6, 7-disubstituted-2H-isoquinolin-3-ones (2–10) was synthesized and evaluated for their inhibition against Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2, as well as against cultured P. falciparum strain FCBR parasites. All compounds displayed inhibitory activity against recombinant falcipain-2 and against in vitro cultured intraerythrocytic P. falciparum, with the exception of 9. The new compounds exhibited no ...
[Wang, Yan; Konkoy, Christopher S.; Ilyin, Victor I.; Vanover, Kimberly E.; Carter, Richard B.; Weber, Eckard; Keana, John F. W.; Woodward, Richard M.; Cai, Sui Xiong Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 1998 , vol. 41, # 14 p. 2621 - 2625]