Dialkylimidazole inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi sterol 14α-demethylase as anti-Chagas disease agents

…, HB Tatipaka, JA Arif, JD Planer, GI Lepesheva…

Index: Suryadevara, Praveen Kumar; Racherla, Kishore Kumar; Olepu, Srinivas; Norcross, Neil R.; Tatipaka, Hari Babu; Arif, Jennifer A.; Planer, Joseph D.; Lepesheva, Galina I.; Verlinde, Christophe L.M.J.; Buckner, Frederick S.; Gelb, Michael H. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013 , vol. 23, # 23 p. 6492 - 6499

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Abstract

Abstract New dialkylimidazole based sterol 14α-demethylase inhibitors were prepared and tested as potential anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents. Previous studies had identified compound 2 as the most potent and selective inhibitor against parasite cultures. In addition, animal studies had demonstrated that compound 2 is highly efficacious in the acute model of the disease. However, compound 2 has a high molecular weight and high hydrophobicity, ...