Opportunistic Infections Citation List: February 14 - February 27, 2014

ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS (includes Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Candida, & Histoplasma)

1. Antimicrobial Activity of the Marine Alkaloids, Clathrodin and Oroidin, and their Synthetic Analogues. Zidar, N., S. Montalvao, Z. Hodnik, D.A. Nawrot, A. Zula, J. Ilas, D. Kikelj, P. Tammela, and L.P. Masic. Marine Drugs, 2014. 12(2): p. 940-963. PMID[24534840].

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2. Avocado Roots Treated with Salicylic acid Produce Phenol-2,4-bis (1,1-dimethylethyl), a Compound with Antifungal Activity. Rangel-Sanchez, G., E. Castro-Mercado, and E. Garcia-Pineda.Journal of Plant Physiology, 2014. 171(3-4): p. 189-198. PMID[23948674].

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3. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of ASP9726, a Novel Echinocandin with Potent Aspergillus Hyphal Growth Inhibition. Morikawa, H., M. Tomishima, N. Kayakiri, T. Araki, D. Barrett, S. Akamatsu, S. Matsumoto, S. Uchida, T. Nakai, S. Takeda, and K. Maki. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(4): p. 1172-1175. PMID[24468413].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

4. Catalytic Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrazole Based Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-diones and their Biological Evaluation. Satasia, S.P., P.N. Kalaria, and D.K. Raval. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014. 12(11): p. 1751-1758. PMID[24496121].

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5. In Vitro and in Silico Antimalarial Activity of 2-(2-Hydrazinyl)thiazole Derivatives.Makam, P., P.K. Thakur, and T. Kannan. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014. 52: p. 138-145. PMID[24231338].

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6. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Structure-Activity Relationships of New Quinoxaline Derivatives as anti-Plasmodium falciparum Agents.Gil, A., A. Pabon, S. Galiano, A. Burguete, S. Perez-Silanes, E. Deharo, A. Monge, and I. Aldana. Molecules, 2014. 19(2): p. 2166-2180. PMID[24552985].

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7. Synthesis of Halogenated 4-Quinolones and Evaluation of Their Antiplasmodial Activity.Vandekerckhove, S., T. Desmet, H.G. Tran, C. de Kock, P.J. Smith, K. Chibale, and M. D'Hooghe. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(4): p. 1214-1217. PMID[24468411].

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ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS (includes Mycobacterium spp., Drug Resistant, MAC, MDR)

8. Antimycobacterial Evaluation of Novel Hybrid Arylidene thiazolidine-2,4-diones.Ponnuchamy, S., S. Kanchithalaivan, R. Ranjith Kumar, M. Ashraf Ali, and T. Soo Choon. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(4): p. 1089-1093. PMID[24472146].

[PubMed]. OI_0214-022714.

9. Structure and Inhibition of Tuberculosinol Synthase and Decaprenyl diphosphate Synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Chan, H.C., X. Feng, T.P. Ko, C.H. Huang, Y. Hu, Y. Zheng, S. Bogue, C. Nakano, T. Hoshino, L. Zhang, P. Lv, W. Liu, D.C. Crick, P.H. Liang, A.H. Wang, E. Oldfield, and R.T. Guo. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014. 136(7): p. 2892-2896. PMID[24475925]. [PubMed]. OI_0214-022714.

10. Synthesis of a C-phosphonate Mimic of Maltose-1-phosphate and Inhibition Studies on Mycobacterium tuberculosis GLGE. Veleti, S.K., J.J. Lindenberger, D.R. Ronning, and S.J. Sucheck. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 22(4): p. 1404-1411. PMID[24461562].

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11. Synthetic Fosmidomycin Analogues with Altered Chelating Moieties Do Not Inhibit 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate Reductoisomerase or Plasmodium falciparum Growth in Vitro. Chofor, R., M.D. Risseeuw, J. Pouyez, C. Johny, J. Wouters, C.S. Dowd, R.D. Couch, and S. Van Calenbergh. Molecules, 2014. 19(2): p. 2571-2587. PMID[24566322].

[PubMed]. OI_0214-022714.

ANTIPROTOZOAL COMPOUNDS

12. Virtual Screening Reveals Allosteric Inhibitors of the Toxoplasma gondii Thymidylate Synthase-dihydrofolate Reductase. Sharma, H., M.J. Landau, T.J. Sullivan, V.P. Kumar, M.K. Dahlgren, W.L. Jorgensen, and K.S. Anderson. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(4): p. 1232-1235. PMID[24440298].

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Citations from the ISI Web of Knowledge Listings for O.I.

13. An in Vitro Study of the Antimicrobial Effects of Indigo naturalis Prepared from Strobilanthes formosanus Moore.Chiang, Y.R., A. Li, Y.L. Leu, J.Y. Fang, and Y.K. Lin. Molecules, 2013. 18(11): p. 14381-14396. ISI[000330311500084].

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14. Antibacterial Potential of Some Medicinal Plants of the Cordillera Region, Philippines. Gutierrezi, R.M., R. Baculi, N. Pastor, T. Puma-at, and T. Balangcod. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 2013. 12(4): p. 630-637. ISI[000329769300008].

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15. Antifungal Susceptibility and Growth Inhibitory Response of Oral Candida Species to Brucea javanica Linn. Extract. Nordin, M.A.F., W. Harun, and F.A. Razak. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013. 13: p. 342. ISI[000330055300001].

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16. Discovery of Inhibitors of Bacillus anthracis Primase DNAG.Biswas, T., K.D. Green, S. Garneau-Tsodikova, and O.V. Tsodikov. Biochemistry, 2013. 52(39): p. 6905-6910. ISI[000330099500017].

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17. Gemini Alkyldeoxy-d-glucitolammonium Salts as Modern Surfactants and Microbiocides: Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Surface Activity, Biodegradation.Brycki, B. and A. Szulc. Plos One, 2014. 9(1): p. e84936. ISI[000329862500191].

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18. In Vitro Effect of Antifungal Fractions from the Plants Baccharis glutinosa and Jacquinia macrocarpa on Chitin and beta-1,3-Glucan Hydrolysis of Maize Phytopathogenic Fungi and on the Fungal beta-1,3-Glucanase and Chitinase Activities. Buitimea-Cantua, G.V., E.C. Rosas-Burgos, F.J. Cinco-Moroyoqui, A. Burgos-Hernandez, M. Plascencia-Jatomea, M.O. Cortez-Rocha, and J.C. Galvez-Ruiz. Journal of Food Safety, 2013. 33(4): p. 526-535. ISI[000330129900020].

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19. The Natural Diyne-furan fatty acid EV-086 is an Inhibitor of Fungal Delta-9 fatty acid Desaturation with Efficacy in a Model of Skin Dermatophytosis.Knechtle, P., M. Diefenbacher, K.B.V. Greve, F. Brianza, C. Folly, H. Heider, M.A. Lone, L.S. Long, J.P. Meyer, P. Roussel, M.A. Ghannoum, R. Schneiter, and A.S. Sorensen. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014. 58(1): p. 455-466. ISI[000329581100058].

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