Novel amodiaquine congeners as potent antimalarial agents

Bioorg Med Chem. 2008 Jul 15;16(14):6813-23. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.05.068. Epub 2008 Jun 16.

Abstract

To develop new classes of antimalarial agents, the possibility of replacing the phenolic ring of amodiaquine, tebuquine, and isoquine with other aromatic nuclei was investigated. Within a first set of pyrrole analogues, several compounds displayed high activity against both D10 (CQ-S) and W-2 (CQ-R) strains of Plasmodium falciparum. The isoquine structure was also modified by replacing the diethylamino group with more metabolically stable bicyclic moieties and by replacing the aromatic hydroxyl function with a chlorine atom. Among these compounds, two quinolizidinylmethylamino derivatives (6f and 7f) displayed high activity against both CQ-S and CQ-R strains.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aminoquinolines
  • Amodiaquine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Amodiaquine / chemistry
  • Amodiaquine / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemistry*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Pyrroles
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Aminoquinolines
  • Antimalarials
  • Pyrroles
  • Amodiaquine
  • tebuquine