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ArticlePloS one2019

Simulated human digestion of N1-aryl-2-arylthioacetamidobenzimidazoles and their activity against Herpes-simplex virus 1 in vitro.

Giuseppina Mandalari, Carlo Bisignano, Antonella Smeriglio, Marcella Denaro, Maria Musarra-Pizzo, Rosamaria Pennisi, Francesca Mancuso, Stefania Ferro, Domenico Trombetta, Anna Maria Monforte and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giuseppina MandalariDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5663-3702
Carlo BisignanoDepartment of Biomedical, Dental, Morphological and Functional Images Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Antonella SmeriglioDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Marcella DenaroDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maria Musarra-PizzoDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Rosamaria PennisiDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Francesca MancusoDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Stefania FerroDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Domenico TrombettaDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Anna Maria MonforteDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maria Teresa SciortinoDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8519-7724
Laura De LucaDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
University of Messina · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drug performance in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) plays a crucial role in determining release and absorption. In the present work, we assessed the in vitro digestion of two synthetic N1-aryl-2-arylthioacetamidobenzimidazoles (NAABs), NAAB-496 and NAAB-503, using bio-relevant models of the human stomach and small intestine. The activity of NAAB-496 and NAAB-503 against herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) replication was also investigated. NAAB-496 was resistant to pepsin in the gastric environment, with a virtual 100% recovery, which decreased to 43.2% in the small intestine. NAAB-503 was sensitive to pepsin, with 65.7% degradation after 120 min gastric phase. 1H Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) post in vitro digestion highlighted an alteration of NAAB-496 after the gastric phase, whereas NAAB-503 appeared comparable to the original spectral data. Both NAAB-496 and NAAB-503 revealed some antiviral activity anti-HSV-1. The 50% effective concentration (EC50) of the compounds was 0.058 mg/mL for NAAB-496 and 0.066 for NAAB-503. Future studies will evaluate the behavior of NAAB-496 within pharmaceutical formulations.

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Antiviral AgentsGastric JuiceIntestinal SecretionsModels, BiologicalHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansIntestine, SmallStomachVirus InactivationAntiviral Agents

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PMID31048874
PMCPMC6497310
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