The role of natural anti-parasitic guided development of synthetic drugs for leishmaniasis

R Pal, G Teli, MJ Akhtar, GSP Matada - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease and categorised as a neglected tropical disease (NTD).
Each year, between 70, 0000 and 1 million new cases are believed to occur. There are …

Synthetic product-based approach toward potential antileishmanial drug development

R Pal, G Teli, MJ Akhtar, GSP Matada - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease and is categorized as a tropically neglected disease
(NTD) with no effective vaccines available. The available chemotherapeutics against …

Exploring the paradox of defense between host and Leishmania parasite

D Kumari, K Singh - International immunopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, still remains a global concern for the
healthcare sector. The primary causative agents of the disease comprise diverse …

Ivermectin presents effective and selective antileishmanial activity in vitro and in vivo against Leishmania infantum and is therapeutic against visceral leishmaniasis

TAR Reis, JA Oliveira-da-Silva, GSV Tavares… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is hindered mainly by the toxicity and/or
high cost of therapeutic drugs. In addition, parasite resistance has been registered. Thus …

Antileishmanial activity of 3, 4, 5-trisubstituted isoxazoles by interaction with Leishmania amazonensis plasma membrane

L Alonso, KE Pianoski, A Alonso, FA Rosa - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022 - Elsevier
The isoxazole core has been identified as an essential privileged structure in discovering
new and potent leishmanicidal agents. Thus, the present study reports the in vitro activity of …

Discovery of New Chemical Tools against Leishmania amazonensis via the MMV Pathogen Box

A López-Arencibia, I Sifaoui, M Reyes-Batlle… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The protozoan parasite Leishmania causes a spectrum of diseases and there are over 1
million infections each year. Current treatments are toxic, expensive, and difficult to …

Proteomic alterations in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis caused by exposure to curcumin

OB Rocha, KSF e Silva, MAB de Carvalho Junior… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Paracoccidioides spp. are the etiological agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a disease that
causes skin lesions and affect the lungs and other organs. The current management of the …

Antileishmanial activities of three chalcone derivatives and their association with plasma membrane rigidity as assessed by EPR spectroscopy

EN Borges, L Alonso, MB Silveira, RB Balbinot… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel chalcone-like compounds, LQFM332 (4), LQFM333 (5), and LQFM341 (6), were
synthesized and their activity against Leishmania (L.) amazonensis was evaluated and …

[HTML][HTML] Cell Death in Leishmania donovani promastigotes in response to Mammalian Aurora Kinase B Inhibitor–Hesperadin

R Chhajer, A Bhattacharyya, N Ali - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Deciphering how hesperadin, a repurposed mammalian aurora kinase B inhibitor, affects
the cellular pathways in Leishmania donovani might be beneficial. This investigation sought …

Analysis of the Interactions of Amphotericin B with the Leishmania Plasma Membrane Using EPR Spectroscopy

L Alonso, SA Mendanha, ML Dorta… - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of spin labels was used to study the
interactions of amphotericin B (AmB) with the plasma membrane of Leishmania …