Synthesis and Initial Testing of Novel Antimalarial and Antitubercular Isonicotinohydrazides

dc.contributor.authorAmewu, R. K.
dc.contributor.authorAde, C.F.
dc.contributor.authorOtchere, I.D.
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, P.
dc.contributor.authorYeboah-Manu, D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-26T09:36:43Z
dc.date.available2023-06-26T09:36:43Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractMalaria and tuberculosis (TB) though curable and preventable, remain serious public health problems globally, with devastating consequences. Co-infection of these two deadly diseases worsens the situation and particularly makes treatment very difficult. The current mainstay for malaria treatment is gradually losing their potency due to the development of resistance. Macobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has developed Multi-drug Resistance (MDR) and Extensive Drug Resistance (XDR) to current antitubercular drugs due to patient incompliance resulting from long treatment regimen. A small library of isonicotinohydrazide were synthesised by incorporating 1,2,4,5- tetraoxane and hydrazine moieties. Evaluation of the compounds gave antimalarial activities in the range 0.060 ± 0.033–0.491 ± 0.012 μM against 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum. We assessed antimycobacterial activity of selected compounds against the standard Mycobacterium tuberculosis reference strain H37Rv and M. aurum (a non-tuberculous mycobacteria) using the microplate Alamar blue (MABA) assay and found four compounds to be very potent against H37Rv but largely inactive against Macobacterium aurum. We followed up to estimate the minimum inhibitory concentrations of these active compounds and tested them against clinical M. tuberculosis strains resistant to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF). The MICs of the active compounds against H37Rv were between 0.003 and 0.5 mg/mL however, they were largely inactive against drug resistant clinical strains except for the INH mono-resistant resistant strain which was very active with compounds 5 and 8 possessing MICs of 0.125 mg/mL.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100287
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/39377
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en_US
dc.subjectIsonitinohydrazidesen_US
dc.subjectTetraoxanesen_US
dc.subjectMolecular hybridizationen_US
dc.titleSynthesis and Initial Testing of Novel Antimalarial and Antitubercular Isonicotinohydrazidesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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