Synthesis and Activity of Substituted Anthraquinones against a Human Filarial Parasite, Brugia m alayi

MR Dhananjeyan, YP Milev, MA Kron…

Index: Dhananjeyan, Mugunthu R.; Milev, Youli P.; Kron, Michael A.; Nair, Muraleedharan G. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2005 , vol. 48, # 8 p. 2822 - 2830

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Abstract

Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) is a global public health problem caused by the parasitic nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi. We have previously reported anthraquinones from daylily roots with potent activity against pathogenic trematode Schistosoma mansoni. Here we report the synthesis of novel anthraquinones AS and their antifilrarial activity. Anthraquinones AS were synthesized by a single-step Friedel-Crafts ...