Opportunistic Infections Citation List: May 9 - May 22, 2014

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

1. Design, Synthesis, and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of Novel Fused Heterocycles-linked Triazoles with Good Activity and Water Solubility.Cao, X., Z. Sun, Y. Cao, R. Wang, T. Cai, W. Chu, W. Hu, and Y. Yang. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(9): p. 3687-3706. PMID[24564525].

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2. Antifungal Activity of Naphthoquinoidal Compounds in Vitro against Fluconazole-resistant Strains of Different Candida Species: A Special Emphasis on Mechanisms of Action on Candida tropicalis.Neto, J.B., C.R. da Silva, M.A. Neta, R.S. Campos, J.T. Siebra, R.A. Silva, D.M. Gaspar, H.I. Magalhaes, M.O. de Moraes, M.D. Lobo, T.B. Grangeiro, T.S. Carvalho, E.B. Diogo, E.N. da Silva Junior, F.A. Rodrigues, B.C. Cavalcanti, and H.V. Junior. Plos One, 2014. 9(5): p. e93698. PMID[24817320].

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3. Medicinal Compounds, Chemically and Biologically Characterised from Extracts of Australian Callitris endlicheri and C. glaucophylla (Cupressaceae): Used Traditionally in Aboriginal and Colonial Pharmacopoeia. Sadgrove, N.J. and G.L. Jones. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2014. 153(3): p. 872-883. PMID[24690774].

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

4. Haloemodin as Novel Antibacterial Agent Inhibiting DNA Gyrase and Bacterial Topoisomerase I. Duan, F., X. Li, S. Cai, G. Xin, Y. Wang, D. Du, S. He, B. Huang, X. Guo, H. Zhao, R. Zhang, L. Ma, Y. Liu, Q. Du, Z. Wei, Z. Xing, Y. Liang, X. Wu, C. Fan, C. Ji, D. Zeng, Q. Chen, Y. He, X. Liu, and W. Huang. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(9): p. 3707-3714. PMID[24588790].

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5. SB-RA-2001 Inhibits Bacterial Proliferation by Targeting FtsZ Assembly. Singh, D., A. Bhattacharya, A. Rai, H.P. Dhaked, D. Awasthi, I. Ojima, and D. Panda. Biochemistry, 2014. 53(18): p. 2979-2992. PMID[24749867].

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6. A Genome Wide Association Study of Plasmodium falciparum Susceptibility to 22 Antimalarial Drugs in Kenya.Wendler, J.P., J. Okombo, R. Amato, O. Miotto, S.M. Kiara, L. Mwai, L. Pole, J. O'Brien, M. Manske, D. Alcock, E. Drury, M. Sanders, S.O. Oyola, C. Malangone, D. Jyothi, A. Miles, K.A. Rockett, B.L. Macinnis, K. Marsh, P. Bejon, A. Nzila, and D.P. Kwiatkowski. Plos One, 2014. 9(5): p. e96486. PMID[24809681].

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7. Synthetic Calanolides with Bactericidal Activity against Replicating and Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Zheng, P., S. Somersan-Karakaya, S. Lu, J. Roberts, M. Pingle, T. Warrier, D. Little, X. Guo, S.J. Brickner, C.F. Nathan, B. Gold, and G. Liu. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(9): p. 3755-3772. PMID[24694175].

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ANTIMALARIAL COMPOUNDS (Plasmodium spp.)

8. Antiprotozoal Activity of Buxus sempervirens and Activity-guided Isolation of O-Tigloylcyclovirobuxeine-B as the Main Constituent Active against Plasmodium falciparum. Althaus, J.B., G. Jerz, P. Winterhalter, M. Kaiser, R. Brun, and T.J. Schmidt. Molecules, 2014. 19(5): p. 6184-6201. PMID[24838073].

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9. In Vitro Antiprotozoal Activity of Abietane diterpenoids Isolated from Plectranthus barbatus Andr. Mothana, R.A., M.S. Al-Said, N.M. Al-Musayeib, A.A. Gamal, S.M. Al-Massarani, A.J. Al-Rehaily, M. Abdulkader, and L. Maes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2014. 15(5): p. 8360-8371. PMID[24823881].

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10. Discovery, Synthesis, and Optimization of Antimalarial 4(1H)-Quinolone-3-diarylethers. Nilsen, A., G.P. Miley, I.P. Forquer, M.W. Mather, K. Katneni, Y. Li, S. Pou, A.M. Pershing, A.M. Stickles, E. Ryan, J.X. Kelly, J.S. Doggett, K.L. White, D.J. Hinrichs, R.W. Winter, S.A. Charman, L.N. Zakharov, I. Bathurst, J.N. Burrows, A.B. Vaidya, and M.K. Riscoe. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(9): p. 3818-3834. PMID[24720377].

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11. Comparative Study on the Antioxidant and Anti-toxoplasma Activities of Vanillin and Its Resorcinarene Derivative.Oliveira, C.B., Y.S. Meurer, M.G. Oliveira, W.M. Medeiros, F.O. Silva, A.C. Brito, L. Pontes Dde, and V.F. Andrade-Neto. Molecules, 2014. 19(5): p. 5898-5912. PMID[24810805].

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12. Nitrogen-containing Dimeric nor-Multiflorane Triterpene from a Turraea Sp. Rasamison, V.E., L.H. Rakotondraibe, C. Slebodnick, P.J. Brodie, M. Ratsimbason, K. TenDyke, Y. Shen, L.M. Randrianjanaka, and D.G. Kingston. Organic Letters, 2014. 16(10): p. 2626-2629. PMID[24773558].

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

13. A Simple Approach to Fused Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines Incorporating Khellinone and Trimethoxyphenyl Moieties as New Scaffolds for Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents. Abu-Zied, K.M., T.K. Mohamed, O.K. Al-Duiaj, and M.E.A. Zaki. Heterocyclic Communications, 2014. 20(2): p. 93-102. ISI[000334288300005].

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14. Essential Oil of Artemisia annua L.: An Extraordinary Component with Numerous Antimicrobial Properties. Bilia, A.R., F. Santomauro, C. Sacco, M.C. Bergonzi, and R. Donato. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2014. 159819: p. 7. ISI[000334226300001].

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15. Effect of Alcohols on Filamentation, Growth, Viability and Biofilm Development in Candida albicans. Chauhan, N.M., R.B. Shinde, and S.M. Karuppayil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2013. 44(4): p. 1315-1320. ISI[000333959600041].

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16. 3D-QSAR and Molecular Docking Studies of Amino-pyrimidine Derivatives as PknB Inhibitors. Damre, M.V., R.P. Gangwal, G.V. Dhoke, M. Lalit, D. Sharma, K. Khandelwal, and A.T. Sangamwar. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2014. 45(2): p. 354-364. ISI[000334014700008].

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17. Task-specific Ionic Liquid-mediated Facile Synthesis of 1,3,5-Triaryltriazines by Cyclotrimerization of Imines and their Biological Evaluation. Dandia, A., A.K. Jain, and S. Sharma. Chemistry Letters, 2014. 43(4): p. 521-523. ISI[000333884300045].

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18. Antifungal Activity of Hypericum havvae against Some Medical Candida Yeast and Cryptococcus Species. Dulger, G. and B. Dulger. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2014. 13(3): p. 405-408. ISI[000334491200014].

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19. Chromone-fused Cytosine Analogues: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and Structure-activity Relationship. Haveliwala, D.D., N.R. Kamdar, P.T. Mistry, and S.K. Patel. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2014. 33(2): p. 80-91. ISI[000334060900003].

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20. Multitarget Drug Discovery for Tuberculosis and Other Infectious Diseases. Li, K., L.A. Schurig-Briccio, X.X. Feng, A. Upadhyay, V. Pujari, B. Lechartier, F.L. Fontes, H.L. Yang, G.D. Rao, W. Zhu, A. Gulati, J.H. No, G. Cintra, S. Bogue, Y.L. Liu, K. Molohon, P. Orlean, D.A. Mitchell, L. Freitas-Junior, F.F. Ren, H. Sun, T. Jiang, Y.J. Li, R.T. Guo, S.T. Cole, R.B. Gennis, D.C. Crick, and E. Oldfield. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014. 57(7): p. 3126-3139. ISI[000334572000025].

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21. Antifungal Activity of Plant Defensin AFP1 in Brassica juncea involves the Recognition of the Methyl Residue in Glucosylceramide of Target Pathogen Candida albicans. Oguro, Y., H. Yamazaki, M. Takagi, and H. Takaku. Current Genetics, 2014. 60(2): p. 89-97. ISI[000334408700003].

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22. In Vitro Antitubercular, Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of 4-(3,4-Disubstituted) benzylidene-2-phenyloxazolin-5-ones and their Phenyl acrylohydrazides. Ramalingam, P., D.R. Reddy, C.B. Rao, R.H. Babu, and R. Vasudev. Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2014. 23(3): p. 321-330. ISI[000334325800020].

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23. The Variation in Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Acetone Leaf Extracts of 12 Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) Trees Enables the Selection of Trees with Additional Uses. Ratshilivha, N., M.D. Awouafack, E.S. du Toit, and J.N. Eloff. South African Journal of Botany, 2014. 92: p. 59-64. ISI[000334097400010].

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24. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the X-ray Crystal Structure, FT-IR, H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, UV-Vis Spectra, NLO Behavior and Antimicrobial Activity of 2-Hydroxyacetophenone benzoylhydrazone. Sheikhshoaie, I., S.Y. Ebrahimipour, M. Sheikhshoaie, H.A. Rudbari, M. Khaleghi, and G. Bruno. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2014. 124: p. 548-555. ISI[000334130500068].

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25. Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Evaluation of N-(2-(1-Benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)phenyl)-substituted benzamines. Singh, A.C., N. Mittel, and D. Pathak. Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2014. 23(3): p. 225-232. ISI[000334325800003].

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26. Essential Oil Composition and Antimicrobial Interactions of Understudied Tea Tree Species. Van Vuuren, S.F., Y. Docrat, G.P.P. Kamatou, and A.M. Viljoen. South African Journal of Botany, 2014. 92: p. 7-14. ISI[000334097400002].

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27. Bioactive Terpenoids and Flavonoids from Daucus littoralis Smith Subsp. hyrcanicus Rech.f, an Endemic Species of Iran. Yousefbeyk, F., A.R. Gohari, Z. Hashemighahderijani, S.N. Ostad, M.H.S. Sourmaghi, M. Amini, F. Golfakhrabadi, H. Jamalifar, and G. Amin. DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2014. 22: p. 12. ISI[000334619500001].

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