作者:U.R. Mane、H. Li、J. Huang、R.C. Gupta、S.S. Nadkarni、R. Giridhar、P.P. Naik、M.R. Yadav
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2012.09.008
日期:2012.11
Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 (FP-2) is a promising target for antimalarial chemotherapy and inhibition of this protease affects the growth of parasite adversely. A series of pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro FP-2 inhibitory potential. Compounds (14,17) showed excellent FP-2 inhibition and can serve as lead compounds for further development of potent FP-2 inhibitors as potential antimalarial drugs. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.