Synthesis and anti-intestinal nematode activity of variously substituted benzonaphthyridine derivatives

Molecules. 2011 Feb 14;16(2):1593-602. doi: 10.3390/molecules16021593.

Abstract

A series of benzonaphthyridine derivatives bearing the C=N linkage moiety were designed and synthesized. The structures of all the newly synthesized compounds were identified by elemental analysis, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and MS. Their anti-intestinal nematode activities against Nippostrongylus brazilliensis were evaluated in vivo by an oral route in male rats. Among these compounds, at concentrations of 10 mg/kg of rat, the compound 7-chloro-2-methoxy-10-(4-(4'-(1H-indol-5'-yl)methylene)aminophenyl)-amino-benzo[b][1,5] naphthyridine (4n) produced the highest activity, with 80.2% deparasitization. These compounds may find usefulness in the discovery and development of new anti-intestinal drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemical synthesis*
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Antinematodal Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antinematodal Agents / chemistry
  • Antinematodal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Intestines / drug effects
  • Intestines / parasitology*
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Naphthyridines / chemical synthesis*
  • Naphthyridines / chemistry
  • Naphthyridines / pharmacology*
  • Nippostrongylus / drug effects*
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Rats

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Naphthyridines