Quinolone: a versatile therapeutic compound class

PS Dube, LJ Legoabe, RM Beteck - Molecular Diversity, 2023 - Springer
The discovery of nalidixic acid is one pinnacle in medicinal chemistry, which opened a new
area of research that has led to the discovery of several life-saving antimicrobial agents …

Prodrugs as empowering tools in drug discovery and development: recent strategic applications of drug delivery solutions to mitigate challenges associated with lead …

MAM Subbaiah, J Rautio, NA Meanwell - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The delivery of a drug to a specific organ or tissue at an efficacious concentration is the
pharmacokinetic (PK) hallmark of promoting effective pharmacological action at a target site …

Treatment of human babesiosis: then and now

I Renard, C Ben Mamoun - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the
genus Babesia. With its increasing incidence worldwide and the risk of human-to-human …

The cytochrome bc1 complex as an antipathogenic target

N Fisher, B Meunier, GA Biagini - Febs Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The cytochrome bc1 complex is a key component of the mitochondrial respiratory chains of
many eukaryotic microorganisms that are pathogenic for plants or humans, such as fungi …

Antimalarial drug discovery: from quinine to the most recent promising clinical drug candidates

C Tisnerat, A Dassonville-Klimpt… - Current Medicinal …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Malaria is a tropical threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites, resulting in
409,000 deaths in 2019. The delay of mortality and morbidity has been compounded by the …

Recent updates in the discovery and development of novel antimalarial drug candidates

J Okombo, K Chibale - MedChemComm, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Though morbidity and mortality due to malaria have declined in the last 15 years, emerging
resistance to first-line artemisinin-based antimalarials, absence of efficacious vaccines and …

Unpacking the Pathogen Box—an open source tool for fighting neglected tropical disease

CGL Veale - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pathogen Box is a 400‐strong collection of drug‐like compounds, selected for
their potential against several of the world's most important neglected tropical diseases …

Microbial esterases and ester prodrugs: An unlikely marriage for combating antibiotic resistance

EM Larsen, RJ Johnson - Drug development research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of antibiotic resistance necessitates the search for new platforms for drug
development. Prodrugs are common tools for overcoming drawbacks typically associated …

The dynamin-related protein PfDyn2 is essential for both apicoplast and mitochondrial fission in Plasmodium falciparum

AA Morano, W Xu, FM Navarro, N Shadija, JD Dvorin… - mBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Dynamins, or dynamin-related proteins (DRPs), are large mechano-sensitive GTPases that
mediate membrane dynamics or organellar fission/fusion events. Plasmodium falciparum …

Evaluation of Current and Emerging Antimalarial Medicines for Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii Growth in Vitro

JB Radke, JN Burrows, DE Goldberg… - ACS infectious …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Toxoplasma gondii is a common zoonotic infection of humans, and estimates indicate that 1–
2 billion people are chronically infected. Although largely asymptomatic, chronic infection …