[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing: An effective strategy to accelerate contemporary drug discovery

P Zhan, B Yu, L Ouyang - Drug discovery today, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Because of the high risk, substantial cost and slow pace of new drug discovery and
development, drug repurposing (also called repositioning, redirecting, reprofiling) is …

New antifungal strategies: drug combination and co-delivery

P Zhu, Y Li, T Guo, S Liu, RJ Tancer, C Hu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The growing occurrence of invasive fungal infections and the mounting rates of drug
resistance constitute a significant menace to human health. Antifungal drug combinations …

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of antifungal bioactivity of novel pyrazole carboxamide thiazole derivatives as SDH inhibitors

M Li, W Wang, X Cheng, Y Wang, Y Chen… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Agricultural production is seriously threatened by plant pathogens. The development of new
fungicides with high efficacy and low toxicity is urgently needed. In this study, a series of …

[HTML][HTML] Antifungal therapy of Candida biofilms: Past, present and future

OH Ajetunmobi, H Badali, JA Romo, G Ramage… - Biofilm, 2023 - Elsevier
Virtually all Candida species linked to clinical candidiasis are capable of forming highly
resistant biofilms on different types of surfaces, which poses an additional significant threat …

Antifungal development and the urgency of minimizing the impact of fungal diseases on public health

HC de Oliveira, BT Bezerra… - ACS bio & med Chem …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fungal infections are a major public health problem resulting from the lack of public policies
addressing these diseases, toxic and/or expensive therapeutic tools, scarce diagnostic tests …

Searching for new antifungals for the treatment of cryptococcosis

NSO Sousa, JDR Almeida, H Frickmann… - Revista da Sociedade …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
There is a consensus that the antifungal repertoire for the treatment of cryptococcal
infections is limited. Standard treatment involves the administration of an antifungal drug …

Tackling multi-drug resistant fungi by efflux pump inhibitors

K Engle, G Kumar - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug-resistant fungi is of grave concern, and its infections are
responsible for significant deaths among immunocompromised patients. The treatment of …

Asymmetric Synthesis of Triazole Antifungal Agents Enabled by an Upgraded Strategy for the Key Epoxide Intermediate

Y Tang, Z Li, M Zeng, R Li, H Song… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A streamlined and efficient approach to the key epoxide intermediate for the asymmetric
synthesis of triazole antifungal agents is presented. This synthesis highlights a P (NMe2) 3 …

The role of methionine synthases in fungal metabolism and virulence

J Scott, J Amich - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Methionine synthases (MetH) catalyse the methylation of homocysteine (Hcy) with 5-methyl-
tetrahydrofolate (5, methyl-THF) acting as methyl donor, to form methionine (Met) and …

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity Evaluation of Eco-Friendly Rosin-Diamide-Based Fungicides as Potential Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors for …

R Xu, Y Lou, J Ma, X Han, Y Gao, S Shang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2024 - ACS Publications
To develop novel succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) inhibitors for sustainable crop protection,
a series of dehydroabietyl-diamide-based fungicides (a total of 21) were designed. In vitro …