SYNTHESIS OF MINO-7,8,9,10-TETRAHYDROPYRIDO[3,2-F]-QUINAZOLINES - INHIBITORS OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE AS POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS

Citation
Jh. Chan et al., SYNTHESIS OF MINO-7,8,9,10-TETRAHYDROPYRIDO[3,2-F]-QUINAZOLINES - INHIBITORS OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS DIHYDROFOLATE-REDUCTASE AS POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 34(1), 1997, pp. 145-151
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
ISSN journal
0022152X
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
145 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-152X(1997)34:1<145:SOM-I>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A series of novel amino-7,8,9,10-tetrahydropyrido[3,2-f]quinazolines w ere synthesized starting from 6-amino-5-cyanoquinoline (4). These comp ounds inhibited Candida albicans dihydrofolate reductase with K-i valu es of less than or equal to 0.60 nM. One analogue exhibited moderate i n vivo efficacy in a C. albicans-infected mouse model.