An overview of new antitubercular drugs, drug candidates, and their targets

A Bahuguna, DS Rawat - Medicinal research reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mycobacterium tuberculosis and more recently
totally drug‐resistant strains of M. tuberculosis, display unique mechanisms to survive in the …

Targeting Phenotypically Tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

B Gold, C Nathan - Tuberculosis and the Tubercle Bacillus, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Two parallel revolutions were born in the golden era of antibiotics (~ 1940 to 1960). One
was a revolution in medicine as physicians went to war with microbes. The second was a …

Indole-2-carboxamide-based MmpL3 inhibitors show exceptional antitubercular activity in an animal model of tuberculosis infection

J Stec, OK Onajole, S Lun, H Guo… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Our team had previously identified certain indolecarboxamides that represented a new
chemical scaffold that showed promising anti-TB activity at both an in vitro and in vivo level …

An appraisal of anti-mycobacterial activity with structure-activity relationship of piperazine and its analogues: A review

PS Girase, S Dhawan, V Kumar, SR Shinde… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Piperazine, is privileged six membered nitrogen containing heterocyclic ring also known as
1, 4-Diazacyclohexane. Consequently, piperazine is a versatile medicinally important …

Preliminary structure–activity relationships and biological evaluation of novel antitubercular indolecarboxamide derivatives against drug-susceptible and drug …

OK Onajole, M Pieroni, SK Tipparaju… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide,
with approximately one-third of the world's population infected with latent TB. This is further …

Oxidative phosphorylation as a target space for tuberculosis: success, caution, and future directions

GM Cook, K Hards, E Dunn, A Heikal… - Tuberculosis and the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The genus Mycobacterium comprises a group of obligately aerobic bacteria that have
adapted to inhabit a wide range of intracellular and extracellular environments …

Development of narrow-spectrum topoisomerase-targeting antibacterials against mycobacteria

M Sterle, E Habjan, M Piga, P Peršolja, M Durcik… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
New 2-pyrrolamidobenzothiazole-based inhibitors of mycobacterial DNA gyrase were
discovered. Among these, compounds 49 and 51, show excellent antibacterial activity …

Prospects for develo** new antibacterials targeting bacterial type IIA topoisomerases

T Tomašić, L Peterlin Masic - Current topics in medicinal …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The modulation of DNA topology by DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV, both of which are
type IIA topoisomerases and found in most bacteria, is a function vital to DNA replication …

Quinoline: an attractive scaffold in drug design

LFE Moor, TRA Vasconcelos… - Mini Reviews in …, 2021 - benthamdirect.com
Quinoline and its derivatives comprise an important group of heterocyclic compounds that
exhibits a wide range of pharmacological properties such as antibacterial, antiviral …

Unpacking the Pathogen Box—an open source tool for fighting neglected tropical disease

CGL Veale - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pathogen Box is a 400‐strong collection of drug‐like compounds, selected for
their potential against several of the world's most important neglected tropical diseases …