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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
The thiosemicarbazones of beta-carboline-3-carboxaldehyde (compound 2) and 3-acetyl-beta-carboline (compound 3) were found to effectively inhibit the in vitro growth of the promastigote form of Leishmania donovani, 50% inhibition being obtained at concentrations of 5.0 and 2.5 microM, respectively, while irreversible growth inhibition was achieved at 40 (compound 2) and 17.5 microM (compound 3). The thiosemicarbazone of pyridine-2-carboxyaldehyde (compound 4) was considerably less active while both methyl beta-carboline-3-carboxylate (compound 1) and the thiosemicarbazone of ethyl 5-formyl-6-azaindole-2-carboxylate (compound 5) were inactive at the highest concentrations tested. At concentrations provoking approximately 50% growth inhibition of promastigotes, compound 2 was observed to preferentially block DNA rather than RNA synthesis, but for compound 3, the reverse was true. Compound 3, the most active analogue studied, may thus act, at least partially, via a novel, though as yet unelucidated, mechanism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1272-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Hybrid molecules: growth inhibition of Leishmania donovani promastigotes by thiosemicarbazones of 3-carboxy-beta-carbolines.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't