Hybrid compounds containing hydrazones and benzofuroxan pharmacophores were designed as potential Trypanosoma cruzi-enzyme inhibitors. The majority of the designed compounds was successfully synthesized and biologically evaluated displaying remarkable in vitro activity against different strains of T. cruzi. Unspecific cytotoxicity was evaluated using mouse macrophages, displaying isothiosemicarbazone 10 and thiosemicarbazone 12 ...
[Leite, Ana Cristina Lima; Moreira, Diogo Rodrigo de M.; Coelho, Lucas Cunha Duarte; de Menezes, Frederico Duarte; Brondani, Dalci Jose Tetrahedron Letters, 2008 , vol. 49, # 9 p. 1538 - 1541]