Synthesis and anti-tuberculosis activity of 2, 4-disubstituted quinolines

A Nayyar, R Jain

Index: Nayyar, Amit; Jain, Rahul Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2008 , vol. 47, # 1 p. 117 - 128

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Abstract

Synthesis and anti-tuberculosis activity of a new series of 2, 4-disubstituted quinolines have been reported. The most promising compounds have been found to exhibit 99% inhibition at 6.25 µg/mL against drug-sensitive M. tuberculosis H37Rv strain and> 90% inhibition at 12.5 µg/mL against isoniazid resistant TB strain. Keywords: Tuberculosis, ring-substituted quinolines, drug-sensitive TB, drug-resistant TB, multi-drug resistant TB, extreme drug- ...