The role of imidazole and benzimidazole heterocycles in Chagas disease: A review

I Beltran-Hortelano, V Alcolea, M Font… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The haemoflagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi) is the causative agent of
Chagas disease (CD), a potentially life-threatening disease. Little by little, remarkable …

[HTML][HTML] Computational study of the therapeutic potentials of a new series of imidazole derivatives against SARS-CoV-2

TO Johnson, AE Adegboyega, O Iwaloye… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Owing to the urgent need for therapeutic interventions against the SARS-coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, we employed an in silico approach to evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 …

Imidazoles and Oxazoles from Lapachones and Phenanthrene‐9, 10‐dione: A Journey through their Synthesis, Biological Studies, and Optical Applications

GG Dias, ERS Paz, MP Nunes… - The Chemical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse structural frameworks are found in natural compounds and are well known for their
chemical and biological properties; such compounds include the imidazoles and oxazoles …

Imidazole-Derived Alkyl and Aryl Ethers: Synthesis, Characterization, In Vitro Anticancer and Antioxidant Activities, Carbonic Anhydrase I–II Inhibition Properties, and …

M Faris, HE Bostancı, I Özcan, M Öztürk… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Imidazole derivatives display extensive applications in pharmaceutical chemistry and have
been investigated as bioactive compounds for medicinal chemistry. In this study, besides the …

Imidazole derivatives as antiparasitic agents and use of molecular modeling to investigate the structure–activity relationship

OS Adeyemi, AO Eseola, W Plass, O Atolani, T Sugi… - Parasitology …, 2020 - Springer
Toxoplasmosis is a common parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Limitations of
available treatments motivate the search for better therapies for toxoplasmosis. In this study …

In vitro screening to identify anti-toxoplasma compounds and in silico modeling for bioactivities and toxicity

OS Adeyemi, O Atolani, OJ Awakan… - The Yale journal of …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasmosis, which affects more than a billion people worldwide, is a common parasitic
infection caused by the obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Current treatment …

Screening of chemical compound libraries identified new anti-Toxoplasma gondii agents

OS Adeyemi, T Sugi, Y Han, K Kato - Parasitology research, 2018 - Springer
Toxoplasma gondii is the etiological agent of toxoplasmosis, a common parasitic disease
that affects nearly one-third of the human population. The primary infection can be …

The anti-parasite action of imidazole derivatives likely involves oxidative stress but not HIF-1α signaling

OS Adeyemi, AO Eseola, W Plass, K Kato… - Chemico-Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Therapeutic options for toxoplasmosis are limited. This fact underscores
ongoing research efforts to identify and develop better therapy. Previously, we reported the …

New imidazoles cause cellular toxicity by impairing redox balance, mitochondrial membrane potential, and modulation of HIF-1α expression

OS Adeyemi, AO Eseola, W Plass… - Biochemical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Our previous reports demonstrated the prospects of a new series of imidazoles
as a source of alternative anti-parasite treatments, thus warranting further studies that …

Development of a telescoped synthesis of 4-(1 H)-cyanoimidazole core accelerated by orthogonal reaction monitoring

TC Malig, Y Tan, SR Wisniewski, CS Higman… - Reaction Chemistry & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
We have developed a convenient two-step, one-pot method for the facile synthesis of
cyanoimidazoles. By integrating a suite of reaction-monitoring techniques, we were able to …