Photo-affinity labelling and biochemical analyses identify the target of trypanocidal simplified natural product analogues.

Current drugs to treat African sleeping sickness are inadequate and new therapies are urgently required. As part of a medicinal chemistry programme based upon the simplification of acetogenin-type ether scaffolds, we previously reported the promising trypanocidal activity of compound 1, a bis-tetrah...

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Main Authors: Lindsay B Tulloch, Stefanie K Menzies, Andrew L Fraser, Eoin R Gould, Elizabeth F King, Marija K Zacharova, Gordon J Florence, Terry K Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608556?pdf=render