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Download fileDesign, synthesis and antitrypanosomal activities of 2,6-disubstituted-4,5,7-Trifluorobenzothiophenes
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posted on 2015-12-11, 14:09 authored by Avninder S. Bhambra, Mark Edgar, Mark ElsegoodMark Elsegood, Yuqi Li, George WeaverGeorge Weaver, Randolph R.J. Arroo, Vanessa Yardley, Hollie Burrell-Saward, Vladimir KrystofCurrent treatments for Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) are limited in their application, have undesirable dosing regimens and unsatisfactory toxicities highlighting the need for the development of a safer drug pipeline. Our medicinal chemistry programme in developing rapidly accessible and modifiable heterocyclic scaffolds led to the design and synthesis of novel substituted benzothiophenes, with 6-benzimidazol-1-ylbenzothiophene derivatives demonstrating significant antitrypanosomal activities (IC50 <1 μM) against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and no toxicity towards mammalian cells.
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This paper was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic via the National Program of Sustainability I (grant LO1204), Loughborough University and De Montfort University.
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