Opportunistic Infections Citation List: August 15 - August 28, 2014

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

1. Triangular Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated with Peptide Ligands: A New Class of Inhibitor for Candida albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteinase. Jebali, A., F.H. Hajjar, S. Hekmatimoghaddam, B. Kazemi, J.M. De La Fuente, and M. Rashidi. Biochemical Pharmacology, 2014. 90(4): p. 349-355. PMID[24887590].

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2. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Structure-activity Correlation Study of a Series of Imidazol-based Compounds as Candida albicans Inhibitors. Moraca, F., D. De Vita, F. Pandolfi, R. Di Santo, R. Costi, R. Cirilli, F.D. D'Auria, S. Panella, A.T. Palamara, G. Simonetti, M. Botta, and L. Scipione. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 665-673. PMID[25010937].

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3. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel N-Aryl maleimide Derivatives Clubbed with alpha-Hydroxyphosphonates. Patil, N.S., G.B. Deshmukh, S.V. Patil, A.D. Bholay, and N.D. Gaikwad. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 490-497. PMID[24992076].

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4. In Vivo Efficacy of a Synthetic Coumarin Derivative in a Murine Model of Aspergillosis. Singh, S., R. Dabur, M.M. Gatne, B. Singh, S. Gupta, S. Pawar, S.K. Sharma, and G.L. Sharma. Plos One, 2014. 9(8): p. e103039. PMID[25140804].

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5. Biosynthesis and Characterization of Acalypha indica Mediated Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Evaluation of its Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activity. Sivaraj, R., P.K. Rahman, P. Rajiv, S. Narendhran, and R. Venckatesh. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2014. 129: p. 255-258. PMID[24747845].

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

6. Design, Synthesis and Docking Studies of Some Novel (R)-2-(4'-Chlorophenyl)-3-(4'-nitrophenyl)-1,2,3,5-tetrahydrobenzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-c]pyrimidin-4-ol Derivatives as Antitubercular Agents. Barot, K.P., S.V. Jain, N. Gupta, L. Kremer, S. Singh, V.B. Takale, K. Joshi, and M.D. Ghate. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 245-255. PMID[24972340].

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7. Diarylthiazole: An Antimycobacterial Scaffold Potentially Targeting PrrB-PrrA Two-component System. Bellale, E., M. Naik, V. Vb, A. Ambady, A. Narayan, S. Ravishankar, V. Ramachandran, P. Kaur, R. McLaughlin, J. Whiteaker, S. Morayya, S. Guptha, S. Sharma, A. Raichurkar, D. Awasthy, V. Achar, P. Vachaspati, B. Bandodkar, M. Panda, and M. Chatterji. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(15): p. 6572-6582. PMID[24967731].

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8. Ultrasound-assisted One-pot Four-component Synthesis of Novel 2-Amino-3-cyanopyridine Derivatives Bearing 5-Imidazopyrazole Scaffold and their Biological Broadcast. Kalaria, P.N., S.P. Satasia, J.R. Avalani, and D.K. Raval. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 655-664. PMID[25010936].

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9. Pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics Analysis of Bicyclic 4-Nitroimidazole Analogs in a Murine Model of Tuberculosis. Lakshminarayana, S.B., H.I. Boshoff, J. Cherian, S. Ravindran, A. Goh, J. Jiricek, M. Nanjundappa, A. Nayyar, M. Gurumurthy, R. Singh, T. Dick, F. Blasco, C.E. Barry, 3rd, P.C. Ho, and U.H. Manjunatha. Plos One, 2014. 9(8): p. e105222. PMID[25141257].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

10. Synthesis and Antiparasitic Activity of New bis-Arylimidamides: DB766 Analogs Modified in the Terminal Groups. Liu, Z.Y., T. Wenzler, R. Brun, X. Zhu, and D.W. Boykin. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 167-173. PMID[24956553].

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11. In Vitro and in Vivo Anti-malarial Activity of Limonoids Isolated from the Residual Seed Biomass from Carapa guianensis (Andiroba) Oil Production. Pereira, T.B., E.S.L.F. Rocha, R.C. Amorim, M.R. Melo, R.C. Zacardi de Souza, M.N. Eberlin, E.S. Lima, M.C. Vasconcellos, and A.M. Pohlit. Malaria Journal, 2014. 13(1): p. 317. PMID[25124944].

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12. Synthesis and in Vitro Evaluation of 4-Trichloromethylpyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines as New Antiplasmodial Agents. Primas, N., P. Suzanne, P. Verhaeghe, S. Hutter, C. Kieffer, M. Laget, A. Cohen, J. Broggi, J.C. Lancelot, A. Lesnard, P. Dallemagne, P. Rathelot, S. Rault, P. Vanelle, and N. Azas. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 83: p. 26-35. PMID[24946216].

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13. N-Aryl-2-aminobenzimidazoles: Novel, Efficacious, Antimalarial Lead Compounds. Ramachandran, S., P.S. Hameed, A. Srivastava, G. Shanbhag, S. Morayya, N. Rautela, D. Awasthy, S. Kavanagh, S. Bharath, J. Reddy, V. Panduga, K.R. Prabhakar, R. Saralaya, R. Nanduri, A. Raichurkar, S. Menasinakai, V. Achar, M.B. Jimenez-Diaz, M.S. Martinez, I. Angulo-Barturen, S. Ferrer, L.M. Sanz, F.J. Gamo, S. Duffy, V.M. Avery, D. Waterson, M.C. Lee, O. Coburn-Flynn, D.A. Fidock, P.S. Iyer, S. Narayanan, V. Hosagrahara, and V.K. Sambandamurthy. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(15): p. 6642-6652. PMID[25007124].

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14. Identification of Novel Phenyl Butenonyl C-glycosides with Ureidyl and Sulfonamidyl Moieties as Antimalarial Agents. Ramakrishna, K.K., S. Gunjan, A.K. Shukla, V.R. Pasam, V.M. Balaramnavar, A. Sharma, S. Jaiswal, J. Lal, R. Tripathi, Anubhooti, R. Ramachandran, and R.P. Tripathi. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 5(8): p. 878-883. PMID[25147607].

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15. Lead Optimization of Imidazopyrazines: A New Class of Antimalarial with Activity on Plasmodium Liver Stages. Zou, B., A. Nagle, A.K. Chatterjee, S.Y. Leong, L.J. Tan, W.L. Sim, P. Mishra, P. Guntapalli, D.C. Tully, S.B. Lakshminarayana, C.S. Lim, Y.C. Tan, S.N. Abas, C. Bodenreider, K.L. Kuhen, K. Gagaring, R. Borboa, J. Chang, C. Li, T. Hollenbeck, T. Tuntland, A.M. Zeeman, C.H. Kocken, C. McNamara, N. Kato, E.A. Winzeler, B.K. Yeung, T.T. Diagana, P.W. Smith, and J. Roland. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 5(8): p. 947-950. PMID[25147620].

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ANTIPROTOZOAL COMPOUNDS

16. Design, Synthesis and Biological Characterization of Thiazolidin-4-one Derivatives as Promising Inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii. D'Ascenzio, M., B. Bizzarri, C. De Monte, S. Carradori, A. Bolasco, D. Secci, D. Rivanera, N. Faulhaber, C. Bordon, and L. Jones-Brando. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 86C: p. 17-30. PMID[25140751].

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

17. Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Some Novel Benzimidazole Derivatives. Ahmadi, A. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 2014. 46(2): p. 245-252. ISI[000338912200005].

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18. Pyrazolylbenzyltriazoles as Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation as Dual Anti-inflammatory and Antimicrobial Agents. Chandna, N., J.K. Kapoor, J. Grover, K. Bairwa, V. Goyal, and S.M. Jachak. New Journal of Chemistry, 2014. 38(8): p. 3662-3672. ISI[000339469500045].

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19. Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Evaluation of 2,5-Disubstituted-4-thiazolidinone Derivatives. Deep, A., S. Jain, P.C. Sharma, S.K. Mittal, P. Phogat, and M. Malhotra. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2014. 7(3): p. 287-291. ISI[000339034600006].

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20. Structure-Activity Relationship Study of the Plant-derived Decapeptide OSIP108 Inhibiting Candida albicans Biofilm Formation. Delattin, N., K. De Brucker, D.J. Craik, O. Cheneval, B. De Coninck, B.P.A. Cammue, and K. Thevissen. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014. 58(8): p. 4974-4977. ISI[000339259200095].

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21. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Screening of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole and Clubbed Thiophene Derivatives. Desai, N.C., A.M. Dodiya, K.M. Rajpara, and Y.M. Rupala. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2014. 18(3): p. 255-261. ISI[000339456400011].

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22. Synthesis, Antibacterial and Antitubercular Activities of Benzimidazole Bearing Substituted 2-Pyridone Motifs. Desai, N.C., N.R. Shihory, G.M. Kotadiya, and P. Desai. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 82: p. 480-489. ISI[000339039100046].

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23. Effect of Ferrocene-substituted Porphyrin RL-91 on Candida albicans Biofilm Formation. Lippert, R., S. Vojnovic, A. Mitrovic, N. Jux, I. Ivanovic-Burmazovic, B. Vasiljevic, and N. Stankovic. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014. 24(15): p. 3506-3511. ISI[000339228700058].

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24. Anticandidal Activity of Cell Extracts from 13 Probiotic Lactobacillus Strains and Characterisation of Lactic Acid and a Novel Fatty acid Derivative from One Strain. Nyanzi, R., M.D. Awouafack, P. Steenkamp, P.J. Jooste, and J.N. Eloff. Food Chemistry, 2014. 164: p. 470-475. ISI[000339457500064].

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25. Spectral Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Schiff Bases and their Mixed Ligand Metal Complexes Derived from 4,6-Diacetylresorcinol. Pandya, J.H., R.N. Jadeja, and K.J. Ganatra. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2014. 18(3): p. 190-199. ISI[000339456400003].

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26. Synthesis, Crystal Structures and Antimicrobial Activity of Dinuclear Copper(II) Complexes with bis-Schiff Bases. Qiu, X.Y. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014. 30(7): p. 1667-1672. ISI[000339133400026].

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27. Characterization of Antibacterial and Hemolytic Activity of Synthetic Pandinin 2 Variants and Their Inhibition against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Rodriguez, A., E. Villegas, A. Montoya-Rosales, and B. Rivas-Santiago. Plos One, 2014. 9(7): p. e101742. ISI[000339618600027].

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28. Lead Optimization of 1,4-Azaindoles as Antimycobacterial Agents. Shirude, P.S., R.K. Shandil, M.R. Manjunatha, C. Sadler, M. Panda, V. Panduga, J. Reddy, R. Saralaya, R. Nanduri, A. Ambady, S. Ravishankar, V.K. Sambandamurthy, V. Humnabadkar, L.K. Jena, R.S. Suresh, A. Srivastava, K.R. Prabhakar, J. Whiteaker, R.E. McLaughlin, S. Sharma, C.B. Cooper, K. Mdluli, S. Butler, P.S. Iyer, S. Narayanan, and M. Chatterji. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(13): p. 5728-5737. ISI[000338979100018].

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29. In Vitro Antimicrobial Screening of Methanolic Extraxts of Cleome chelidonii and Cleonme gynandra. Sridhar, N., B. Kiran, D.T. Sasidhar, and L.K. Kanthal. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology, 2014. 9(2): p. 161-166. ISI[000338845300004].

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30. Additivity and Synergy between an Antimicrobial Peptide and Inhibitory Ions. Walkenhorst, W.F., J.N. Sundrud, and J.M. Laviolette. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes, 2014. 1838(9): p. 2234-2242. ISI[000339138600011].

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31. Novel Anticandidal Activity of a Recombinant Lampetra japonica RGD3 Protein. Wu, C.P., L. Lu, Y.Y. Zheng, X. Liu, R. Xiao, J.H. Wang, and Q.W. Li. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2014. 24(7): p. 905-913. ISI[000339540200004].

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32. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Screening of Tetra Schiff Bases of 1,2,4,5-tetra (5-Amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-yl)benzene. Yousif, E., E. Rentschler, N. Salih, J. Salimon, A. Hameed, and M. Katan. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, 2014. 18(3): p. 269-275. ISI[000339456400013].

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