Inhibition of noroviruses by piperazine derivatives

D Dou, G He, SR Mandadapu, S Aravapalli…

Index: Dou, Dengfeng; He, Guijia; Mandadapu, Sivakoteswara Rao; Aravapalli, Sridhar; Kim, Yunjeong; Chang, Kyeong-Ok; Groutas, William C. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012 , vol. 22, # 1 p. 377 - 379

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Abstract

There is currently an unmet need for the development of small-molecule therapeutics for norovirus infection. The piperazine scaffold, a privileged structure embodied in many pharmacological agents, was used to synthesize an array of structurally-diverse derivatives which were screened for anti-norovius activity in a cell-based replicon system. The studies described herein demonstrate for the first time that functionalized piperazine derivatives ...