Opportunistic Infections Citation List: May 25 - June 7, 2012

ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS (includes Cryptococcus, Aspergillus, Candida, & Histoplasma)

1. Antimicrobial/Cytolytic Peptides from the Venom of the North African Scorpion, Androctonus amoreuxi: Biochemical and Functional Characterization of Natural Peptides and a Single Site-substituted Analog. Almaaytah, A., M. Zhou, L. Wang, T. Chen, B. Walker, and C. Shaw. Peptides, 2012. 35(2): p. 291-299; PMID[22484288].

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2. Biological Activities and Volatile Constituents of Daucus muricatus L. From Algeria. Bendiabdellah, A., M.E. Dib, N. Djabou, H. Allali, B. Tabti, J. Costa, and A. Muselli. Chemistry Central Journal, 2012. 6(1): p. 48; PMID[22647252].

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3. Bahamaolides A and B, Antifungal Polyene Polyol Macrolides from the Marine Actinomycete Streptomyces sp. Kim, D.G., K. Moon, S.H. Kim, S.H. Park, S. Park, S.K. Lee, K.B. Oh, J. Shin, and D.C. Oh. Journal of Natural Products, 2012. 75(5): p. 959-967; PMID[22574670].

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4. Deciphering the Antimicrobial Activity of Phenanthroline Chelators. McCann, M., A. Kellett, K. Kavanagh, M. Devereux, and A.L. Santos. Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 19(17): p. 2703-2714; PMID[22455581].

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5. The Hymenochirins: A Family of Host-Defense Peptides from the Congo Dwarf Clawed Frog Hymenochirus boettgeri (Pipidae). Mechkarska, M., M. Prajeep, L. Coquet, J. Leprince, T. Jouenne, H. Vaudry, J.D. King, and J.M. Conlon. Peptides, 2012. 35(2): p. 269-275; PMID[22497805].

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6. Preparation and Antimicrobial Activity of Some Carboxymethyl Chitosan Acyl Thiourea Derivatives. Mohamed, N.A. and N.A. Abd El-Ghany. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2012. 50(5): p. 1280-1285; PMID[22469914].

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7. An Efficient One-pot Synthesis, Structure, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Investigations of Some Novel Quinolyldibenzo[B,E][1,4]diazepinones. Parmar, N.J., H.A. Barad, B.R. Pansuriya, S.B. Teraiya, V.K. Gupta, and R. Kant. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012. 22(11): p. 3816-3821; PMID[22560587].

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8. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activities of Structurally Novel S,S'-Bis(heterosubstituted) Disulfides. Ramaraju, P., D. Gergeres, E. Turos, S. Dickey, D.V. Lim, J. Thomas, and B. Anderson. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012. 22(11): p. 3623-3631; PMID[22560472].

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9. Cobalt, Nickel, Copper and Zinc Complexes with 1,3-Diphenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxaldehyde Schiff Bases: Antimicrobial, Spectroscopic, Thermal and Fluorescence Studies. Singh, K., Y. Kumar, P. Puri, M. Kumar, and C. Sharma. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 313-321; PMID[22429912].

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10. Synthesis, Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis of Cyclotriphosphazene Compounds as Anti-cancer Agents. Yildirim, T., K. Bilgin, G.Y. Ciftci, E.T. Ecik, E. Senkuytu, Y. Uludag, L. Tomak, and A. Kilic. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 213-220; PMID[22483088].

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ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOUNDS (includes Mycobacterium spp., Drug Resistant, MAC, MDR)

11. Syntheses and Biological Studies of Novel Spiropiperazinyl Oxazolidinone Antibacterial Agents Using a Spirocyclic Diene Derived Acylnitroso Diels-Alder Reaction. Ji, C., W. Lin, G.C. Moraski, J.A. Thanassi, M.J. Pucci, S.G. Franzblau, U. Mollmann, and M.J. Miller. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 20(11): p. 3422-3428; PMID[22560837].

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12. Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship and in Vitro Anti-mycobacterial Evaluation of 13-N-Octylberberine Derivatives. Liu, Y.X., C.L. Xiao, Y.X. Wang, Y.H. Li, Y.H. Yang, Y.B. Li, C.W. Bi, L.M. Gao, J.D. Jiang, and D.Q. Song. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 151-158; PMID[22503208].

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13. Synthesis and Antimycobacterial Activity of Prodrugs of Sulfur Dioxide (So(2)). Malwal, S.R., D. Sriram, P. Yogeeswari, and H. Chakrapani. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012. 22(11): p. 3603-3606; PMID[22572576].

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14. Chemical Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Triazole Derivatives as Inhibitors of InhA and Antituberculosis Agents. Menendez, C., A. Chollet, F. Rodriguez, C. Inard, M.R. Pasca, C. Lherbet, and M. Baltas. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 275-283; PMID[22483635]. [PubMed]. OI_0525-060712.

15. Potential Selective Inhibitors against Rv0183 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Targeting Host Lipid Metabolism. Saravanan, P., V.K. Dubey, and S. Patra. Chemical biology & drug design, 2012. 79(6): p. 1056-1062; PMID[22405030].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

16. Amino Acid, Dipeptide and Pseudodipeptide Conjugates of Ring-substituted 8-aminoquinolines: Synthesis and Evaluation of Anti-infective, beta-Haematin Inhibition and Cytotoxic Activities. Kaur, K., M. Jain, S.I. Khan, M.R. Jacob, B.L. Tekwani, S. Singh, P.P. Singh, and R. Jain. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 230-241; PMID[22483965].

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17. 2-Aminopyrimidine based 4-Aminoquinoline Anti-plasmodial Agents. Synthesis, Biological Activity, Structure-Activity Relationship and Mode of Action Studies. Singh, K., H. Kaur, K. Chibale, J. Balzarini, S. Little, and P.V. Bharatam. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2012. 52: p. 82-97; PMID[22459876].

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18. The Aminopeptidase Inhibitor CHR-2863 Is an Orally Bioavailable Inhibitor of Murine Malaria. Skinner-Adams, T.S., C.L. Peatey, K. Anderson, K.R. Trenholme, D. Krige, C.L. Brown, C. Stack, D.M. Nsangou, R.T. Mathews, K. Thivierge, J.P. Dalton, and D.L. Gardiner. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2012. 56(6): p. 3244-3249; PMID[22450967].

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ANTIPROTOZOAL COMPOUNDS

19. In Vitro Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Astragalus membranaceus and Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi on Toxoplasma bondii. Yang, X., B. Huang, J. Chen, S. Huang, H. Zheng, Z.R. Lun, J. Shen, Y. Wang, and F. Lu. Parasitology Research, 2012. 110(6): p. 2221-2227; PMID[22179265].

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Citations from the ISI Web of Knowledge Listings for O.I.

20. Preliminary Studies on Luffa cylindrica: Comparative Phytochemical and Antimicrobial Screening of the Fresh and Dried Aerial Parts. Aboh, M.I., S.E. Okhale, and K. Ibrahim. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2012. 6(13): p. 3088-3091; ISI[000303813500001].

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21. Studies on Antimicrobial Activity of Ethanolic Extract of Maize Silk. Feng, X., L. Wang, M.L. Tao, Q. Zhou, and Z.H. Zhong. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2012. 6(2): p. 335-338; ISI[000303765800019].

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22. Synthesis and in Vitro Antimicrobial Evaluation of Penta-substituted Pyridine Derivatives Bearing the Quinoline Nucleus. Makawana, J.A., M.P. Patel, and R.G. Patel. Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2012. 21(5): p. 616-623; ISI[000303456900009].

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23. Silver(I) Complexes of 9-Anthracenecarboxylic Acid and Imidazoles: Synthesis, Structure and Antimicrobial Activity. McCann, M., R. Curran, M. Ben-Shoshan, V. McKee, A.A. Tahir, M. Devereux, K. Kavanagh, B.S. Creaven, and A. Kellett. Dalton Transactions, 2012. 41(21): p. 6516-6527; ISI[000303775000021].

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24. Peptides of the Constant Region of Antibodies Display Fungicidal Activity. Polonelli, L., T. Ciociola, W. Magliani, P.P. Zanello, T. D'Adda, S. Galati, F. De Bernardis, S. Arancia, E. Gabrielli, E. Pericolini, A. Vecchiarelli, D.C. Arruda, M.R. Pinto, L.R. Travassos, T.A. Pertinhez, A. Spisni, and S. Conti. PLOS One, 2012. 7(3); ISI[000303857100067].

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