Some novel alpha and beta ionone based chalcones and their dihydropyrazolidines/pyrazolidines have been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro and in vivo antileishmanial activities against Leishmania donovani. Amongest all, one compound (4d) exhibited significant in vitro activity against intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania donovani with IC50 values of 7.49 mu M and was found promising as compared to reference drug, miltefosine. On the basis of good Selectivity Index (S.I.), the compound was further tested for its in vivo response against Leishmania donovani/hamster model and has shown significant inhibition of parasite multiplication (81%). The present study has helped us in identifying a new lead that could be exploited as a potential antileishmanial agent. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemotherapy of leishmaniasis part III: synthesis and bioevaluation of novel aryl substituted terpenyl pyrimidines as antileishmanial agents
Some aryl substituted terpenyl pyrimidines 4 (a-p) have been synthesized using novel synthetic methods. The compounds were screened for in vitro antileishmanial activity against promastigotes. Compounds 4c, 4i and 4l showed IC(50) values as 35, 35 and 25 microg ml(-1).