History of the development of antifungal azoles: A review on structures, SAR, and mechanism of action

M Shafiei, L Peyton, M Hashemzadeh, A Foroumadi - Bioorganic chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
With the increasing risk of invasive and life threating fungal infections, there is now a great
concern regarding the lower discovery rate of antifungal drugs in comparison to …

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis

JP Latgé - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1999 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most ubiquitous of the airborne saprophytic fungi.
Humans and animals constantly inhale numerous conidia of this fungus. The conidia are …

Epoxide syntheses and ring-opening reactions in drug development

F Moschona, I Savvopoulou, M Tsitopoulou, D Tataraki… - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review concentrates on success stories from the synthesis of approved medicines and
drug candidates using epoxide chemistry in the development of robust and efficient …

[PDF][PDF] Antifungal agents: mode of action in yeast cells

AJ Carrillo-Munoz, G Giusiano, PA Ezkurra, G Quindós - Rev Esp Quimioter, 2006 - seq.es
Different kinds of mycoses, especially invasive, have become an important public health
problem as their incidence has increased dramatically in the last decades in relation to …

Resistance to antifungals that target CYP51

JE Parker, AGS Warrilow, CL Price, JGL Mullins… - Journal of Chemical …, 2014 - Springer
Fungal diseases are an increasing global burden. Fungi are now recognised to kill more
people annually than malaria, whilst in agriculture, fungi threaten crop yields and food …

Optically active antifungal azoles: synthesis and antifungal activity of (2R, 3S)-2-(2, 4-difluorophenyl)-3-(5-{2-[4-aryl-piperazin-1-yl]-ethyl}-tetrazol-2-yl/1-yl)-1-[1, 2, 4] …

RS Upadhayaya, N Sinha, S Jain, N Kishore… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2004 - Elsevier
A series of (2R, 3S)-2-(2, 4-difluorophenyl)-3-(5-{2-[4-aryl-piperazin-1-yl]-ethyl}-tetrazol-2-yl)-
1-[1, 2, 4]-triazol-1-yl-butan-2-ol (11a–n) and (2R, 3S)-2-(2, 4-difluorophenyl)-3-(5-{2-[4-aryl …

Design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationship studies of novel fused heterocycles-linked triazoles with good activity and water solubility

X Cao, Z Sun, Y Cao, R Wang, T Cai… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Triazoles with fused-heterocycle nuclei were designed and evaluated for their in vitro activity
on the basis of the binding mode of albaconazole using molecular docking, along with SAR …

Medicinal perspective of quinazolinone derivatives: Recent developments and structure–activity relationship studies

SK Wahan, B Sharma… - Journal of Heterocyclic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heterocyclic rings have long piqued the interest of medicinal chemists. Quinazolinone is a
fused nitrogen‐based heterocyclic moiety. Some of quinazolinone derivatives have …

New and emerging treatments for fungal infections

AC Pasqualotto, DW Denning - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Although several new antifungal drugs have been licensed in the last 5 years, some patients
remain difficult to treat. The main reasons for this include intrinsic or acquired antifungal …

Perspective on plant products as antimicrobials agents: a review.

AK Pandey, SK Shashank Kumar - 2013 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Background: The use of plants for healing purposes predates recorded history and forms the
origin of much of modern medicine. Many conventional drugs originated from plant sources …