Molecular docking, synthesis, and biological evaluation of naphthoquinone as potential novel scaffold for H5N1 neuraminidase inhibition
作者:Garima Sharma、S. Vasanth Kumar、Habibah A. Wahab
DOI:10.1080/07391102.2016.1274271
日期:2018.1.2
and evaluated against neuraminidase of H5N1 virus. p-hydroxy derivatives showed higher inhibition when compared to p-halogenated compounds. Molecular docking studies conducted with H5N1 neuraminidase clearly demonstrated different binding modes of the most active compound onto the open and closed conformations of loop 150. The results thus provide not only evidences of a novelscaffoldevaluated as
Antileishmanial activity evaluation of bis-lawsone analogs and DNA topoisomerase-I inhibition studies
作者:Garima Sharma、Sayan Chowdhury、Suman Sinha、Hemanta K. Majumder、S. Vasanth Kumar
DOI:10.3109/14756366.2013.765413
日期:2014.4.1
For the development of potent novel antileishmanial agents, 3,3'-(arylmethylene)bis(2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4 dione) derivatives were synthesized from lawsone and evaluated for cytotoxicity on Leishmania donovani promastigotes as well as on leishmanial DNA topoisomerase-I. Enzyme inhibition studies were conducted with simultaneous and preincubation conditions. Total inhibition is compared to camptothecin (CPT), which was taken as positive control on both the systems of enzyme inhibition. The range of activity varied from 37.5 to 70 mu M in simultaneous assay and 13-16 mu M in preincubation assay. Furthermore, when evaluated against L. donovani promastigotes, the synthesized compounds exhibited the activity ranging from 2 to 14 mu M. The results revealed that all the compounds exhibit promising antileishmanial activity.