Abstract
The synthesis of heterocyclic betulin derivatives and
their activity against Leishmania donovani is reported.
Betulonic acid was used as a versatile intermediate.
Several different fused heterocycles were introduced at
the 2,3-position of the lupane skeleton including
isoxazole, pyrazine, pyridine, indole and pyrazole rings.
Also the 28-position was modified. Three compounds, 5, 8
and 25, showed low micromolar activity with IC50 values
of 13.2, 4.3 and 7.2 µM, respectively. Compound 8 showed
the best activity and selectivity, and its activity was
tested on infected macrophages using a concentration, 5
µM, where no macrophage toxicity was exhibited.
Interestingly, the activity of compound 8 on axenic
amastigotes and Leishmania-infected macrophages was
similar
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 445-451 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | MedChemComm |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |