State-of-the-art Review on the Antiparasitic Activity of Benzimidazolebased Derivatives : Facing Malaria, Leishmaniasis, and Trypanosomiasis

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Protozoan parasites represent a significant risk for public health worldwide, afflicting particularly people in more vulnerable categories and cause large morbidity and heavy economic impact. Traditional drugs are limited by their toxicity, low efficacy, route of administration, and cost, reflecting their low priority in global health management. Moreover, the drug resistance phenomenon threatens the positive therapy outcome. This scenario claims the need of addressing more adequate therapies. Among the diverse strategies implemented, the medicinal chemistry efforts have also focused their attention on the benzimidazole nucleus as a promising pharmacophore for the generation of new drug candidates. Hence, the present review provides a global insight into recent progress in benzimidazole-based derivatives drug discovery against important protozoan diseases, such as malaria, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis. The more relevant chemical features and structure-activity relationship studies of these molecules are discussed for the purpose of paving the way towards the development of more viable drugs for the treatment of these parasitic infections.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Current medicinal chemistry - 31(2024), 15 vom: 19., Seite 1955-1982

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Francesconi, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Rizzo, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Schenone, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Carbone, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Tonelli, Michele [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antileishmanial compounds
Antimalarial compounds
Antiparasitic Agents
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiprotozoal agents
Antitrypanosomal compounds.
Benzimidazole-based derivatives
Benzimidazoles
Journal Article
Protozoan infections
Review

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Date Completed 23.02.2024

Date Revised 23.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/0929867331666230915093928

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362155046