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ArticleCurrent microbiology2011

Identification of nor-β-lapachone derivatives as potential antibacterial compounds against Enterococcus faecalis clinical strain.

André L Lourenço, Paula A Abreu, Bruno Leal, Eufrânio N da Silva Júnior, Antonio V Pinto, Maria do Carmo F R Pinto, Alessandra M T Souza, Juliana S Novais, Marcela B Paiva, Lucio M Cabral and 3 more

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Article in Current microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

André L LourençoInstituto de Biologia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outeiro São João Batista s/n-Campus Valonguinho, Niterói, RJ, CEP 24020-150, Brazil.
Paula A Abreu
Bruno Leal
Eufrânio N da Silva Júnior
Antonio V Pinto
Maria do Carmo F R Pinto
Alessandra M T Souza
Juliana S Novais
Marcela B Paiva
Lucio M Cabral
Carlos R Rodrigues
Vitor F Ferreira
Helena C Castro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRUniversidade Federal Fluminense · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy has led to medical complications and emergence of multiresistant bacteria including Enterococcus faecalis. In this study, we designed, synthesized, and evaluated the antibacterial activity of 13 nor-β-lapachone derivatives against a drug resistant E. faecalis strain. Two triazole substituted compounds (1e = 8 μg/ml and 1c = 16 μg/ml) and the non-substituted derivative (1a = 8 μg/ml) were promising compared to chloramphenicol (12 μg/ml), an antibiotic currently available in the market. We also performed a structure-activity relationship analysis using a molecular modeling approach that pointed the low HOMO energy values; HOMO density concentrated on the nor-β-lapachone ring, lipophilicity, solubility and number HBA as important stereoelectronic features for the antibacterial profile. In addition the triazole compounds presented low theoretical toxicity profile, and drug-score higher than commercial antibiotics also fulfilling the Lipinski "Rule of Five", which pointed them as promising candidates for further studies in infections caused by multiresistant E. faecalis hospital strains.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsEnterococcus faecalisGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNaphthoquinonesStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-lapachoneNaphthoquinones

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