作者:J. M. Gajbhiye、N. A. More、Manoj D. Patil、R. Ummanni、S. S. Kotapalli、P. Yogeeswari、D. Sriram、V. H. Masand
DOI:10.1007/s00044-015-1346-4
日期:2015.7
Rimonabant and its analogues have been synthesized in moderate to good yields using a simple synthetic route. All the newly synthesized compounds were subjected to in vitro screening against M. tuberculosis and M. smegmatis. The most potent analogue JMG-14 exhibits MIC value of 3.13 compared to 3.25 and 50 A mu g/ml for ethambutol and pyrazinamide, respectively. The molecular docking reveals that pyrazole ring, number and position of halogen atoms play a crucial role in deciding interactions with MTCYP-121. These findings open up a new avenue in the search of potent anti-TB drugs with rimonabant and its novel analogue JMG-14 as lead molecules.