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BACKGROUND:Benzimidazole derivatives are promising compounds for the treatment of parasitic infections. The structure-activity relationships of 91 benzimidazoles with activity against Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia intestinalis were analyzed using a novel activity landscape modeling approach. RESULTS:We identified two prominent cases of 'activity switches' and 'selectivity switches' where two R group substitutions in the benzimidazole scaffold completely invert the activity and selectivity pattern for T. vaginalis and G. intestinalis. CONCLUSION:A chemoinformatic methodology was used to rapidly identify discrete structural changes around the central scaffold that are associated with large changes in biological activity for each parasite. The structure-activity relationships for the benzimidazole derivatives is smooth for both protozoan with few but markedly important activity cliffs.
journal_name
Future Med Chemjournal_title
Future medicinal chemistryauthors
Aguayo-Ortiz R,Pérez-Villanueva J,Hernández-Campos A,Castillo R,Meurice N,Medina-Franco JLdoi
10.4155/fmc.13.173subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-03-01 00:00:00pages
281-94issue
3eissn
1756-8919issn
1756-8927journal_volume
6pub_type
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更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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