Opportunistic Infections Citation List: June 6 - June 19, 2014

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

1. Structural Crystalline Characterization of Sakuranetin - An Antimicrobial Flavanone from Twigs of Baccharis retusa (Asteraceae). dos S. Grecco, S., A.C. Dorigueto, I.M. Landre, M.G. Soares, K. Martho, R. Lima, R.C. Pascon, M.A. Vallim, T.M. Capello, P. Romoff, P. Sartorelli, and J.H. Lago. Molecules, 2014. 19(6): p. 7528-7542. PMID[24914898].

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2. Potential of Essential Oils for Protection of Grains Contaminated by Aflatoxin Produced by Aspergillus flavus. Esper, R.H., E. Goncalez, M.O. Marques, R.C. Felicio, and J.D. Felicio. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014. 5(269): p. 5. PMID[24926289].

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3. Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander) Essential Oil: Antifungal Activity and Mode of Action on Candida spp., and Molecular Targets Affected in Human Whole-genome Expression. de Almeida Freires, I., R.M. Murata, V.F. Furletti, A. Sartoratto, S.M. Alencar, G.M. Figueira, J.A. de Oliveira Rodrigues, M.C. Duarte, and P.L. Rosalen. Plos One, 2014. 9(6): p. e99086. PMID[24901768].

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4. Activity, Reduced Toxicity, and Scale-up Synthesis of Amphotericin B-conjugated Polysaccharide. Ickowicz, D.E., S. Farber, E. Sionov, S. Kagan, A. Hoffman, I. Polacheck, and A.J. Domb. Biomacromolecules, 2014. 15(6): p. 2079-2089. PMID[24779556].

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5. Silver Sucrose Octasulfate (IASOS) as a Valid Active Ingredient into a Novel Vaginal Gel against Human Vaginal Pathogens: In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Assessment. Marianelli, C., P. Petrucci, M.C. Comelli, and G. Calderini. Plos One, 2014. 9(6): p. e97791. PMID[24897299].

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6. Synthesis of Amino acid Appended Indoles: Appreciable Anti-fungal Activity and Inhibition of Ergosterol Biosynthesis as Their Probable Mode of Action. Pooja, P. Prasher, P. Singh, K. Pawar, K.S. Vikramdeo, N. Mondal, and S.S. Komath. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 80: p. 325-339. PMID[24794769].

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7. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel Fluoroquinolone-Flavonoid Hybrids as Potent Antibiotics against Drug-resistant Microorganisms. Xiao, Z.P., X.D. Wang, P.F. Wang, Y. Zhou, J.W. Zhang, L. Zhang, J. Zhou, S.S. Zhou, H. Ouyang, X.Y. Lin, M. Mustapa, A. Reyinbaike, and H.L. Zhu. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 80: p. 92-100. PMID[24769347].

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

8. Targeting Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Nucleoid-associated Protein Hu with Structure-based Inhibitors. Bhowmick, T., S. Ghosh, K. Dixit, V. Ganesan, U.A. Ramagopal, D. Dey, S.P. Sarma, S. Ramakumar, and V. Nagaraja. Nature Communications, 2014. 5: p. 4124. PMID[24916461].

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9. Synthesis, Cytotoxic Study and Docking Based Multidrug Resistance Modulator Potential Analysis of 2-(9-Oxoacridin-10(9H)-yl)-N-phenyl acetamides. Kumar, R., M. Kaur, M.S. Bahia, and O. Silakari. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 80: p. 83-91. PMID[24769346].

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10. Dithiolopyrrolones: Biosynthesis, Synthesis, and Activity of a Unique Class of Disulfide-containing Antibiotics. Li, B., W.J. Wever, C.T. Walsh, and A.A. Bowers. Natural Product Reports, 2014. 31(7): p. 905-923. PMID[24835149].

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11. Antitubercular Constituents from Premna odorata Blanco. Lirio, S.B., A.P. Macabeo, E.M. Paragas, M. Knorn, P. Kohls, S.G. Franzblau, Y. Wang, and M.A. Aguinaldo. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014. 154(2): p. 471-474. PMID[24768632].

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12. Discovery of Pyrazolopyridones as a Novel Class of Noncovalent DprE1 Inhibitor with Potent Anti-mycobacterial Activity. Panda, M., S. Ramachandran, V. Ramachandran, P.S. Shirude, V. Humnabadkar, K. Nagalapur, S. Sharma, P. Kaur, S. Guptha, A. Narayan, J. Mahadevaswamy, A. Ambady, N. Hegde, S.S. Rudrapatna, V.P. Hosagrahara, V.K. Sambandamurthy, and A. Raichurkar. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(11): p. 4761-4771. PMID[24818517].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

13. Identification of an Atg8-Atg3 Protein-protein Interaction Inhibitor from the Medicines for Malaria Venture Malaria Box Active in Blood and Liver Stage Plasmodium falciparum Parasites. Hain, A.U., D. Bartee, N.G. Sanders, A.S. Miller, D.J. Sullivan, J. Levitskaya, C.F. Meyers, and J. Bosch. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(11): p. 4521-4531. PMID[24786226].

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14.Total Synthesis and Antiplasmodial Activity of Pohlianin C and Analogues. Lawer, A., J. Tai, K.A. Jolliffe, S. Fletcher, V.M. Avery, and L. Hunter. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(12): p. 2645-2647. PMID[24813731].

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15. Small Molecule Screen for Candidate Antimalarials Targeting Plasmodium Kinesin-5. Liu, L., J. Richard, S. Kim, and E.J. Wojcik. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014. 289(23): p. 16601-16614. PMID[24737313].

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16. Antiplasmodial Activity of Synthetic Ellipticine Derivatives and an Isolated Analog. Montoia, A., E.S.L.F. Rocha, Z.E. Torres, D.S. Costa, M.C. Henrique, E.S. Lima, M.C. Vasconcellos, R.C. Souza, M.R. Costa, A. Grafov, I. Grafova, M.N. Eberlin, W.P. Tadei, R.C. Amorim, and A.M. Pohlit. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(12): p. 2631-2634. PMID[24813729].

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17. Tetraoxane-pyrimidine Nitrile Hybrids as Dual Stage Antimalarials. Oliveira, R., R.C. Guedes, P. Meireles, I.S. Albuquerque, L.M. Goncalves, E. Pires, M.R. Bronze, J. Gut, P.J. Rosenthal, M. Prudencio, R. Moreira, P.M. O'Neill, and F. Lopes. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(11): p. 4916-4923. PMID[24824551].

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

18. Synthesis, Antimicrobial, and Anti-inflammatory Activity, of Novel S-substituted and N-substituted 5-(1-Adamantyl)-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiols. Al-Abdullah, E.S., H.H. Asiri, S. Lahsasni, E.E. Habib, T.M. Ibrahim, and A.A. El-Emam. Drug Design, Development and Therapy, 2014. 8: p. 505-518. ISI[000335645900001].

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19. Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) Seed Essential Oil Induces Candida albicans Apoptosis in a Metacaspase-dependent Manner. Chen, Y.X., H. Zeng, J. Tian, X.Q. Ban, B.X. Ma, and Y.W. Wang. Fungal Biology, 2014. 118(4): p. 394-401. ISI[000336116200005].

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20. Analysis of Validamycin as a Potential Antifungal Compound against Candida albicans. Guirao-Abad, J.P., R. Sanchez-Fresneda, E. Valentin, M. Martinez-Esparza, and J.C. Arguelles. International Microbiology, 2013. 16(4): p. 217-225. ISI[000336007900002].

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21. Susceptibility Testing of VT-1129, a Novel Fungal Cyp51 Inhibitor, against Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Lockhart, S.R., N. Iqbal, C.B. Bolden, N.T. Grossman, E.A. Ottinger, E.P. Garvey, S.R. Brand, W.J. Hoekstra, W.R. Moore, and R.J. Schotzinger. Mycoses, 2014. 57: p. 43-43. ISI[000335090600094].

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22. Discovery of the First Potent and Selective Mycobacterium tuberculosis Zmp1 Inhibitor. Mori, M., F. Moraca, D. Deodato, D.M. Ferraris, P. Selchow, P. Sander, M. Rizzi, and M. Botta. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(11): p. 2508-2511. ISI[000335518300025].

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23. Phyllanthus wightianus Mull. Arg.: A Potential Source for Natural Antimicrobial Agents. Natarajan, D., R. Srinivasan, and M.S. Shivakumar. Biomed Research International, 2014. 135082: p. 9. ISI[000336152800001].

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24. Design and Syntheses of Anti-tuberculosis Agents Inspired by BTZ043 Using a Scaffold Simplification Strategy. Tiwari, R., U. Mollmann, S. Cho, S.G. Franzblau, P.A. Miller, and M.J. Miller. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 5(5): p. 587-591. ISI[000335879300028].

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25. Synthesis and Evaluation of Some Substituted Heterocyclic Fluconazole Analogues as Antifungal Agents. Wang, S.D., L. Zhang, Y.S. Jin, J.H. Tang, H. Su, S.C. Yu, and H.X. Ren. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2014. 26(8): p. 2362-2364. ISI[000335837800038].

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26. Novel Carboline Derivatives as Potent Antifungal Lead Compounds: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation. Wang, S.Z., Y. Wang, W. Liu, N. Liu, Y.Q. Zhang, G.Q. Dong, Y. Liu, Z.G. Li, X.M. He, Z.Y. Miao, J.Z. Yao, J. Li, W.N. Zhang, and C.Q. Sheng. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 5(5): p. 506-511. ISI[000335879300013].

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